Publications of the Amsterdam VU-group in the field of atmospheric-related physics


1) On the study of highly excited states of atmospheric molecules (N2 and CO) including their dissociation properties

J.P. Sprengers, W. Ubachs, K.G.H. Baldwin, B.R. Lewis, W.-U.L. Tchang-Brillet
Extreme ultraviolet laser excitation of isotopic molecular nitrogen: the dipole allowed spectrum of 15N2 and 14N15N
J. Chem. Phys. 119 (2003) 3160-3173

J.C.J. Koelemeij, A. de Lange, W. Ubachs
Search for outer-well states above the ionization potential in H2
Chem. Phys. 287 (2003) 349-354

Th. Pielage, A. de Lange, F. Brandi, W. Ubachs
Bound energy levels at the n=2 dissociation threshold in HD
Chem. Phys. Lett. 366 (2002) 583-587

A. de Lange, W. Hogervorst, W. Ubachs, L. Wolniewicz
Double-well states of ungerade symmetry in H2; first observation and ab initio calculation
Phys. Rev. Lett. 86 (2001) 2988-2991

W. Ubachs, R. Lang, I. Velchev, W.-U L. Tchang-Brillet, A. Johansson, Z.S. Li, V. Lokhnygin, C.-G. Wahlstrom
Lifetime measurements on the c4' 1Su+, v=0,1 and 2 states of molecular nitrogen
Chem. Phys. 270 (2001) 215-225

A. de Lange, R. Lang, W.J. van der Zande, W. Ubachs
Highly excited states of gerade symmetry in molecular nitrogen
J. Chem. Phys. 116 (2002) 7893-7901

P. Cacciani, F. Brandi, J.P. Sprengers, A. Johansson, A. L'Huillier, C.-G. Wahlstrom, W. Ubachs
Predissociation of the 4pp L1P Rydberg state of carbon monoxide
Chem. Phys. 282 (2002) 63-73

P. Cacciani, F. Brandi, I. Velchev, C. Lynga, C.-G. Wahlstrom, W. Ubachs
Isotope dependent predissociation in the C1S+, v=0 and v=1 states of CO
Eur. Phys. J. D 15 (2001) 47-56

G. Bazalgette Courreges-Lacoste, J.P. Sprengers, W. Ubachs, S. Stolte, H. Linnartz
The A2S+-X2P transition of CF starting from highly excited vibrational states
J. Mol. Spectr. 205 (2001) 341-343

W. Ubachs
Predissociative decay of the c'41Su+, v=0 state of molecular nitrogen
Chem. Phys. Lett. 268 (1997) 201

W. Ubachs, I. Velchev, P. Cacciani
Predissociation in the E1P, v=1 state of the six natural isotopomers of CO
J. Chem. Phys. 113 (2000) 547-560

W. Ubachs, I. Velchev, A. de Lange
Predissociation in b1Pu, v (v=1,4,5,6) levels of N2
J. Chem. Phys. 112 (2000) 5611-5616

A. de Lange, W. Ubachs
Observation of the y1Pg-c4' 1Su+ and k1Pg-c4' 1Su+ systems of N2
Chem. Phys. Lett. 310 (1999) 471

P. Cacciani, W. Ubachs, P.C. Hinnen, C. Lynga, A. L'Huillier, C.-G. Wahlstrom
Lifetime measurements of the E1P, v=0 and v=1 states of 12C16O, 13C16O and 13C18O
Astroph. J. Lett. 499 (1998) L223

W. Ubachs, K.S.E. Eikema, W. Hogervorst, P.C. Cacciani
Narrow-band tunable extreme ultaviolet laser source for lifetime measurements and precision spectroscopy
J. Opt. Soc. Am. B14 (1997) 2469


2) Cavity ring down absorption spectroscopy on atmospheric molecules

M. Sneep, W. Ubachs
Cavity-Ring down measurement of the O2-O2 collision-induced absorption resonance at 477 nm at sub-atmospheric pressures
J. Quant. Spectr. Rad. Transfer 78 (2003) 171-178

M. Sneep, W. Ubachs
Cavity-Ring down spectroscopy of O2-O2 collisional induced absorption
In: Weakly Interacting Molecular Pairs: Uncoventional Absorbers of Radiation in the Atmosp here, eds. C. Camy-Peret, A. Vigasin (2003) in press

H. Naus, W. Ubachs
Experimental Verification of Rayleigh-Scattering Cross sections
Opt. Lett. 25 (2000) 347-349

H. Naus, I.H.M. van Stokkum, W. Hogervorst, W. Ubachs,
Quantitative analysis of decay transients applied to a multi-mode pulsed cavity ring-down experiment
Applied Optics 40 (2001) 4416-4426

G. Berden, G. Meijer, W. Ubachs
Spectroscopic Applications using Ring-Down cavities
Experimental methods in the Physical Sciences Vol. 40 (2002) 47-82

H. Naus, W. Ubachs, P.F. Levelt, O.L. Polyansky, N.F. Zobov, J. Tennyson
Cavity-Ring-Down spectroscopy on water vapour in the range 555-604 nm
J. Mol. Spectr. 205 (2001) 117-121

Visible absorption bands of the (O2)2-collision complex at pressures below 760 Torr
Applied Optics, 38 (1999) 3423-3428

H. Naus, K. Navaian, W. Ubachs
The gamma-band of 16O2, 16O17O, 17O2 and 18O2
Spectrochimica Acta 55, (1999) 1255

H. Naus, W. Ubachs
The b1Sg+ - X3Sg- (3,0) band of 16O2 and 18O2
J. Mol. Spectr. 193 (1999) 442-445

H. Naus, S.J. van der Wiel, W. Ubachs
Cavity-ring-down spectroscopy on the b1Sg+ - X3Sg- (1,0) band of oxygen isotopomers
J. Mol. Spectr. 192 (1998) 162-168

H. Naus, A. de Lange, W. Ubachs
b1Sg+ - X3Sg- (0,0) band of oxygen isotopomers in relation to tests of the symmetrization postulate in 16O2
Phys. Rev. A56 (1997) 4755


3) Retrieval of H2O column densities from satellite data; OH detection with LIDAR

R. Lang, A.N. Maurellis, W.J. van der Zande, I. Aben, J. Landgraf, W. Ubachs
Forward modeling and retrieval of water vapor from GOME: Treatment of narrow band absorption spectra
J. Geoph. Res. 107 D (2002) doi:10.1029/2001JD001453

A.N. Maurellis, R. Lang, W. van der Zande, I. Aben, W. Ubachs
Precipitable water column retrieval from GOME data
Geoph. Res. Lett. 27 (2000) 903-906

E.J. Brinksma, Y.J. Meijer, I.S. McDermid, R.P. Cageao, J.B. Bergwerff, D.P.J. Swart, W. Ubachs, W.A. Matthews, W. Hogervorst, J.W. Hovenier
First LIDAR observations of mesospheric hydroxyl
Geoph. Res. Lett. 25 (1998) 51-54; correction Geoph. Res. Lett. 25 (1998) 521-522