Launch simulation
The page is intended for setting the parameters of the simulated spectrum and for launching the simulation process with the specified parameters.Let's consider in details the form presented on this page (Fig. 1).
Fig. 1. The form of spectrum simulation launching
Molecule. Drop-down list of molecule selection. For the selected molecules to the right of the list are shown the default values of Lorentz half-widths (Lenv and Lself) and the temperature dependence exponent (Nt) of the Lorentz half-width. Standard values are used to construct the contours of those lines for which the values of these parameters are not available.
Simulation type. Drop-down list of simulation types: the list of spectral lines or one of the spectral functions described in Generalities/Spectral functions.
Select an isotoplogue. The table shows available isotopic modifications of selected molecule and essentisal properties of them. To select an isotopologue click on the row of isotopologue you desire to select. The selected isotopologue is highlighted in yellow. Just one isotopologue should be selected.
Select spectral bands. Table of available spectral bands of selected molecule and isotopologue and their basic parameters: identification of the upper and lower vibrational states, the number of spectral lines, the ranges of wavenumbers and intensities values, and the integral intensity of the band. The left column of the table contains checkboxes for selection of the bands for the simulation. The checkbox in the table header allows to select all bands or deselect all bands. At least one spectral band should be selected.
The list of spectral bands can be large and take up many pages. Use the pager on the bottom panel to navigate through the pages . You can mark the bands for simulation on different pages. All of them will be included in the list of selected bands. To facilitate selection of bands we recommend you to use their ordering and filtering by values of any of the parameters. To implement the first feature you must click on the parameter name in the first line of the table header. To implement the second feature use the second line of the header where you can specify the band selection criteria for arbitrary set of their parameter values.
Integrated intensities of the bands are also weighted according to the natural terrestrial isotopic abundances.
Clear selection. The system saves the parameters of the last simulation, including the list of selected bands. When you change the ordering and filtering criteria for bands, they may be far apart, and even outside the current band list. Using this button allows you to clear the previous list of selected bands to form it again "from scratch".
Clear filter. This button allows you to clear all band filtering criteria and the list of selected bands, i.e. to bring the list of bands of the selected isotopologue to the original view.
Spectral lines selection parameters. The cut-off on intensity (spectral lines with intensities lower than indicated here, are not taken into account). Note that the line intensities are weighted according to the concentration of selected isotopologue and changed according ambient temperature.
The parameters of the environment. Temperature T, pressure P and the volume concentration (Ppartial/P) of selected isotopologue C. The default temperature is set equal to 296 K, the default pressure is set to 1 atm and the default concentration is set to natural terrestrial abundance of selected isotopologue. The temperature should get into range of acceptable temperatures for the selected isotopologue.
The following sets of parameters have sense and displayed on the page only if as a Simulation type one of the spectral functions is selected.
Contour parameters. The parameters required for creation of the spectral line profile (see Generalities/Line profiles). The drop-down list Line shape allows you to choose to select one of available profile types. The Wing parameter specifies the length of the simulated wing of spectral line, expressed by the number of half-widths (how the half-width is calculated for different profile types, is described in the same section of Generalities). The parameter Calculation step specifies the step by wavenumber in cm-1, which is used for calculation of the spectral functions values. This step is calculated automatically, based on the fact that the half-width has 20 points, but you can also specify it manually. Since the half-width of the lines depends on general case from WNmax, T, P and the type of line profile, when you change any of these settings, the step value is changed. It is recommended before starting the simulation to round it to values with a reasonable number of digits after the decimal point.
The Device parameters allow to take into account the influence of the device on a simulated spectrum. If as apparatus function (AF) selected "no influence of the device", then the simulated spectrum is a high resolution spectrum. With any other choice the resulting spectrum will be low resolution spectrum. In the simulation of the low resolution spectrum must be set to the correct value of the appratus resolution AR in cm-1 and the length of the wing of apparatus function in AR. For rectangular and triangular apparatus function the value of the last parameter is ignored. More detailed information about simulation of low resolution spectra is in paragraph Convolution of spectra of theGeneralities.
For simulation the Transmittance, Absorption and Radiance should be set the value of the Optical path L in m.
Registered users have access to an additional box of parameters Simulation optoins, where they can choose where to save the simulation results: in a temporary storage or in an user's archive. If the user's archive is selected , it is possible to run simulations in batch mode. More detailtd these features are described on the first page of this section.
The simulation process starts by pressing the button Start simulation.
At the first visit of the page in the user's session all simulation parameters take the default values. When you visit the page after the simulation is complete, the settings of the last simulation are saved on the page. To return to the default settings, use the Reset parameters button.