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Water vapor total column measurements using the Elodie Archive at Observatoire de Haute Provence from 1994 to 2004
A. Sarkissian
alain.sarkissian@latmos.ipsl.fr
J. Slusser
LATMOS, CNRS UMR 8190, Université Versailles Saint-Quentin, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Institut Pierre-Simon Laplace, 91371 Verrières-le-Buisson, France
USDA, UV-B Radiation Monitoring Program, NREL, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80521, USA
now retired
Water vapor total column measurements at Observatoire de Haute Provence
(5°42´ E, +43°55´ N), south of France, were obtained
using observations of astronomical objects made between July 1994 and
December 2004 on the 193-cm telescope with the high-resolution spectrometer
Elodie. Spectra of stars, nebulae, and other astronomical objects were taken
regularly during 10 years. More than 18 000 spectra from 400 nm to
680 nm are available on-line in the Elodie Archive. This archive, usually
explored by astronomers, contains information to study the atmosphere of the
Earth. Water vapor absorption lines appear in the visible in delimited bands
that astronomers often avoid for their spectral analysis. We used the Elodie
Archive with two objectives: firstly, to retrieve seasonal variability and
long-term trend of atmospheric water vapor, and secondly, to remove
signatures in spectra for further astronomical or geophysical use. The tools
presented here (the workflow, the interoperable Elodie Archive and the web
service Tellodie) are developed following, when possible, formats and
standards recommended by the International Virtual Observatory Alliance.
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