The HITRAN database is an international standard for reference molecular spectroscopic data. It is widely used in many fields of engineering and science including astrophysics. The latest edition of the database is HITRAN2016. It features 49 molecules (with their isotopologues) in the line-by-line section of the database, over 300 molecules in the cross-sectional part, as well as folders for aerosol refractive indices and collision-induced absorption. The database spans the spectral region from MW to UV for most of the molecules. It enables modeling and interpretation of spectra of different planets allowing one to account for broadening by gases dominant in diverse planetary atmospheres. In addition, new tools including the online interface www.hitran.org and HITRAN Application Programming Interface (HAPI), have been introduced. HAPI is a set of Python libraries that allow download and sophisticated calculations that employ HITRAN data. The graphical user interface for HAPI (HAPIEST: HAPI and Effective Spectroscopic Tools) is under final stages of development and will be shown at the meeting.<br/>The upcoming new edition of the HITEMP database, which is a sister to HITRAN database but suitable for much higher temperatures, will also be discussed.

Spectroscopy and data science in the service of planetary remote sensing: the HITRAN and HITEMP databases

256th National Meeting (2018)

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