A Method of Correcting Near‐Infrared Spectra for Telluric Absorption1

2003/03/01 by William D. Vacca, William D. Vacca, Michael C. Cushing +3 · 18 citations
Chemistry · Earth and Planetary Sciences · Physics and Astronomy · #Spectroscopy and Laser Applications #Atmospheric Ozone and Climate #Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies

paper · pdf · doi:10.1086/346193

Abstract

ABSTRACT. We present a method for correcting near-infrared medium-resolution spectra for telluric absorption. The method makes use of a spectrum of an A0 V star, observed near in time and close in air mass to the target object, and a high-resolution model of Vega, to construct a telluric correction spectrum that is free of stellar absorption features. The technique was designed specifically to perform telluric corrections on spectra obtained with SpeX, a 0.8–5.5 mm medium-resolution cross-dispersed spectrograph at the NASA Infrared Telescope Facility, and uses the fact that for medium resolutions there exist spectral regions uncontaminated by atmospheric absorption lines. However, it is also applicable (in a somewhat modified form) to spectra obtained with other near-infrared spectrographs. An IDL-based code that carries out the procedures is available for downloading via the World Wide Web. 1.

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