“…Although Mandin observed these transitions in Venusian spectra [20], the R92 line positions for both transitions were apparently calculated based on spectroscopic constants for the 10032 and 10031 states determined from BaillyÕs 4.5 lm emission spectra [28] and not from direct observation of the 1.2 lm transitions. Previous work on these absorptions has focused primarily on determining the band intensities [23,[70][71][72]; there are no reported high-resolution laboratory measurements of the low pressure line positions for the 10032 00001 or 10031 00001 transitions. The 10032 00001 (S 0 v ¼ 0:431) and 10031 00001 (S 0 v ¼ 0:614) bands were identified in Spectrum #3 with rotational transitions observed through J 0 ¼ 45 and 43, respectively, and maximum absorption strengths of $40% as seen in Fig.…”