Atomic and molecular data for space astronomy. Needs, analysis, and availability : a selection of papers presented at the Joint Commission Meeting III of the 21st IAU General Assembly held in Buenos Aries, Argentina . 1991.

This is a reference book for working astronomers and astrophysicists. Forming the proceedings of a recent IAU meeting where the availability and the needs of atomic and molecular data were discussed, the papers discuss existing and planned instruments for astronomical spectroscopy from earth-orbiting satellites. In particular, the atomic and molecular parameters that are, or will be, needed for analysis of the data obtained by these instruments are considered. A number of significant shortcomings in the available databases are identified. A second group of papers provides a current inventory of atomic and molecular data compilations.