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This page describes the main steps required to build new opacity tables.
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This page describes the main steps required to build new opacity tables for the Generic PCM.
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There are three important steps to consider:
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* (1) calculate high-resolution spectra for a grid of pressures, temperatures and mixing ratios.
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* (2) convert these high-resolution spectra into correlated-k tables
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* (3) add continuum opacity tables
  
 
== Calculation of high-resolution spectra ==
 
== Calculation of high-resolution spectra ==
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== Building correlated-k tables ==
 
== Building correlated-k tables ==
  
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describe the tools we used:
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* home-made scripts
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* exo-k (http://perso.astrophy.u-bordeaux.fr/~jleconte/exo_k-doc/index.html)
  
 
Several important notes:
 
Several important notes:
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== Adding continuum opacities ==
 
== Adding continuum opacities ==
  
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Explain strategies to calculate continuum opacities
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* Usually the continuum units used as input in the GCM is cm-1 amagat-2
  
 
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Latest revision as of 19:47, 24 October 2023

This page describes the main steps required to build new opacity tables for the Generic PCM.

There are three important steps to consider:

  • (1) calculate high-resolution spectra for a grid of pressures, temperatures and mixing ratios.
  • (2) convert these high-resolution spectra into correlated-k tables
  • (3) add continuum opacity tables

Calculation of high-resolution spectra

describe the tools we used :

  • k-spectrum
  • home-made scripts

Building correlated-k tables

describe the tools we used:

Several important notes:

  • The units of correlated-k tables is cm^2/molec.
  • The format of correlated-k tables is (n_temperature, n_pressure, n_vmr, n_band, n_gauss)

Adding continuum opacities

Explain strategies to calculate continuum opacities

  • Usually the continuum units used as input in the GCM is cm-1 amagat-2