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Table 3

Initial parameters for molecfit on each night based on Allart et al. (2017).

Initial parameters Values Commentary
ftol 10−9 χ2 convergence criterion
xtol 10−9 Parameter convergence criterion
Molecules H2O For the spectral order of sodium
ncont 1 Polynomial degree for the continuum
a0 1.2, 3, 2a Constant offset of the continuum in 103
Calib. λ Air Type of wavelength calibration
nλ 3 Chebyschev degree of wavelength calibration
b0 0 Constant offset for wavelength calibration
ωgaussian 3.5 FWHM in pixel
Kernel size 15
Pixel scale 0.16 in arcsec pixel−1
Slit width 1.0 in arcsec
MIPAS profile equ.atm Equatorial profile
Atmospheric profile 0 Natural profile
PWV − 1 No value taken into account

Notes. (a) The values were applied respectively to the nights 2012-11-11, 2017-10-24, and 2017-11-22.

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