First CRDS-measurements of water vapour continuum in the 940 nm absorption band

Measurements of near-infrared water vapour continuum using continuous wave cavity ring down spectroscopy (cw-CRDS) have been performed at around 10611.6 and 10685.2cm-1. The continuum absorption coefficients for N2-broadening have been determined to be CF296K=(1.0±0.2)×10-24cm2mol-1atm-1 and CF278K=(1.8±0.4)×10-24cm2mol-1atm-1 at 10611.6cm-1, and CF296K=(1.6±0.5)×10-24cm2mol-1atm-1 and CF278K=(2.1±0.4)×10-24cm2mol-1atm-1 at 10685.2cm-1, respectively.These results represent the first near-IR continuum laboratory data determined within the complex spectral environment in the 940 nm water vapour band and are in reasonable agreement with simulations using the semiempirical CKD formulation.