pres_atm_kPa: Get mean atmospheric pressure at given altitude in kPa

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Description

Get mean atmospheric pressure at given altitude in kPa

Usage

pres_atm_kPa(altitude_m)

pres_atm_frac(altitude_m)

Arguments

altitude_m

Altitude above mean sea level in meters

Value

Pressure in pascals

Functions

• pres_atm_frac: Get fraction of mean atomspheric pressure at sea level

References

Below 51 km: Practical Meteorology by Roland Stull, pg 12. Above 51 km: http://www.braeunig.us/space/atmmodel.htm Validation data: https://www.avs.org/AVS/files/c7/c7edaedb-95b2-438f-adfb-36de54f87b9e.pdf

See Also

Other physics: Pa_to_torr, svp_sea_level, temp_c_to_k

Examples

pres_atm_kPa(-430.5) # Dead Sea
pres_atm_kPa(0)
pres_atm_kPa(3440) # Namche Bazaar
pres_atm_kPa(4260) # Dingboche
pres_atm_kPa(5364) # Everest Base Camp
pres_atm_kPa(6000) # Camp 1
pres_atm_kPa(6400) # Camp 2
pres_atm_kPa(7200) # Camp 3
pres_atm_kPa(7950) # Camp 4
pres_atm_kPa(8850) # Everest summit
pres_atm_frac(8850) # fraction of sea level pressure on Everest

Example output

[1] 106605
[1] 101325
[1] 66289.45
[1] 59602.43
[1] 51474.86
[1] 47217.62
[1] 44689.9
[1] 39963.69
[1] 35909.55
[1] 31492.01
[1] 0.3108019

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