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