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: Earth measured via LookingSolar from 0.0 km for date (2016/05/30 19:15 UT)
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Atmosphere and surface
: Surface pressure: 1.00 bar; Molecular weight: 28.97 g/mol; Gases: H2O,CO2,O3,N2O,CO,CH4,O2,N2; Surface temperature: 300 K; Albedo: 0.2; Emissivity: 0.8;
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: Measurement range 1.640163-1.640530 um with a resolution of 3e-6 um. Molecular signatures included; Continuum/background fluxes enabled;
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(NASA/MERRA2 / GFS / NCEP / US Weather Service)
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2.128e+29 m-2
Col mass
1.024e+4 kg/m2
H2O
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0.814 %
CO2
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396.000 ppm
O3
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0.364 ppm
N2O
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0.305 ppm
CO
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0.106 ppm
CH4
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1.639 ppm
O2
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20.900 %
NO
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SO2
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NO2
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NH3
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HNO3
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OH
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HF
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HCl
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HBr
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HI
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ClO
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OCS
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H2CO
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0.293 ppb
HOCl
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16.069 ppt
N2
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78.100 %
HCN
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0.157 ppb
CH3Cl
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0.572 ppb
H2O2
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0.124 ppb
C2H2
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C2H6
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PH3
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WaterIce
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