For almost 50 years the HITRAN molecular spectroscopic database has been the standard archive for transmission and radiance calculations. Laurence Rothman reviews its history and some applications.
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The author thanks Dr. Iouli E. Gordon, the current director of the HITRAN project, for suggestions. Work on HITRAN at the Harvard-Smithsonian has been funded by NASA.
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Rothman, L.S. History of the HITRAN Database. Nat Rev Phys 3, 302–304 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s42254-021-00309-2
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