The HITRAN2024 methane update

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Main Authors: Bertin, T., Gordon, I. E., Hargreaves, R. J., Tennyson, J., Yurchenko, S. N., Kefala, K., Boudon, V., Richard, C., Nikitin, A. V., Tyuterev, V. G., Rey, M., Birk, M., Wagner, G., Sung, K., Coy, B. P., Broussard, W., Toon, G. C., Rodina, A. A., Starikova, E., Campargue, A., Reed, Z. D., Hodges, J. T., Tan, Y., Malarich, N. A., Rieker, G. B.
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author Bertin, T.
Gordon, I. E.
Hargreaves, R. J.
Tennyson, J.
Yurchenko, S. N.
Kefala, K.
Boudon, V.
Richard, C.
Nikitin, A. V.
Tyuterev, V. G.
Rey, M.
Birk, M.
Wagner, G.
Sung, K.
Coy, B. P.
Broussard, W.
Toon, G. C.
Rodina, A. A.
Starikova, E.
Campargue, A.
Reed, Z. D.
Hodges, J. T.
Tan, Y.
Malarich, N. A.
Rieker, G. B.
author_facet Bertin, T.
Gordon, I. E.
Hargreaves, R. J.
Tennyson, J.
Yurchenko, S. N.
Kefala, K.
Boudon, V.
Richard, C.
Nikitin, A. V.
Tyuterev, V. G.
Rey, M.
Birk, M.
Wagner, G.
Sung, K.
Coy, B. P.
Broussard, W.
Toon, G. C.
Rodina, A. A.
Starikova, E.
Campargue, A.
Reed, Z. D.
Hodges, J. T.
Tan, Y.
Malarich, N. A.
Rieker, G. B.
contents Spectroscopic parameters of methane from many different studies were gathered to improve the HITRAN database towards its 2024 version. After a validation process using high-resolution FTS and CRDS spectra, about 80,000 lines of the four most abundant isotopologues were replaced from the dyad to the triacontad regions. These changes amount to 51,000 transition wavenumbers, 18,000 line intensities, 33,000 pressure-broadening half-widths, and 3300 assignments. 44,000 new lines were added with 16,000 old lines removed, extending the database from 12,000 cm$^{-1}$ up to 14,000 cm$^{-1}$, and covering some gaps. A greater focus was brought on the pentad, octad, and tetradecad regions, targeted by several remote sensing instruments. In these regions, comparisons of spectral fits from multiple line lists were performed, taking only the parameters that provide best fit for each line. In the $ν_3$ band, in addition to replacing the previous values, speed-independent pressure broadening parameters of $^{12}$CH$_4$ were gathered and used to fit Padé-approximant functions. These functions then replaced any outdated experimental data in $ν_3$, missing data in the new lines, as well as the values that were determined to be outside their physical boundaries. The CH$_3$D broadening parameters were replaced in the same manner, for missing and low or high values, using a semi-empirical formula instead.
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spellingShingle The HITRAN2024 methane update
Bertin, T.
Gordon, I. E.
Hargreaves, R. J.
Tennyson, J.
Yurchenko, S. N.
Kefala, K.
Boudon, V.
Richard, C.
Nikitin, A. V.
Tyuterev, V. G.
Rey, M.
Birk, M.
Wagner, G.
Sung, K.
Coy, B. P.
Broussard, W.
Toon, G. C.
Rodina, A. A.
Starikova, E.
Campargue, A.
Reed, Z. D.
Hodges, J. T.
Tan, Y.
Malarich, N. A.
Rieker, G. B.
Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
Astrophysics of Galaxies
Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
Spectroscopic parameters of methane from many different studies were gathered to improve the HITRAN database towards its 2024 version. After a validation process using high-resolution FTS and CRDS spectra, about 80,000 lines of the four most abundant isotopologues were replaced from the dyad to the triacontad regions. These changes amount to 51,000 transition wavenumbers, 18,000 line intensities, 33,000 pressure-broadening half-widths, and 3300 assignments. 44,000 new lines were added with 16,000 old lines removed, extending the database from 12,000 cm$^{-1}$ up to 14,000 cm$^{-1}$, and covering some gaps. A greater focus was brought on the pentad, octad, and tetradecad regions, targeted by several remote sensing instruments. In these regions, comparisons of spectral fits from multiple line lists were performed, taking only the parameters that provide best fit for each line. In the $ν_3$ band, in addition to replacing the previous values, speed-independent pressure broadening parameters of $^{12}$CH$_4$ were gathered and used to fit Padé-approximant functions. These functions then replaced any outdated experimental data in $ν_3$, missing data in the new lines, as well as the values that were determined to be outside their physical boundaries. The CH$_3$D broadening parameters were replaced in the same manner, for missing and low or high values, using a semi-empirical formula instead.
title The HITRAN2024 methane update
topic Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
Astrophysics of Galaxies
Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.21840