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I don't understand cycles per centimeter very well. The speed of light is 3e10 cm/s, so multipliy 600 to 800 cycles per centimeter to get 18 to 24 THz.

CO2 Spectrum

From Global Warming, Understanding The Forecast by David Archer, Blackwell 2007, without permission. Buy the book for a lucid explanation of the science; perhaps the author and publisher might forgive me for posting the excerpt below.

I don't understand cycles per centimeter very well. The speed of light is 3e10 cm/s, so multipliy 600 to 800 cycles per centimeter to get 18 to 24 THz.

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CO2Spectrum (last edited 2016-05-31 23:33:05 by KeithLofstrom)