BarometricFormula: Barometric height formula

Description Usage Arguments Value Author(s) Examples

View source: R/BarometricFormula.R

Description

Calculate atmospheric surface pressure from elevation and temperature using the barometric height formula for an isothermal atmosphere.

Usage

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BarometricFormula(T, h, p0 = 1013)

Arguments

T

surface temperature in degrees Celsius

h

surface elevation in [m]

p0

reference surface pressure; defaults to 1013 mbar

Value

surface pressure in [mbar] at elevation h and temperature T

Author(s)

Thomas Münch

Examples

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# Surface pressure at Kohnen Station:
BarometricFormula(-44.5, 2892)

EarthSystemDiagnostics/ecustools documentation built on Jan. 15, 2022, 5:22 p.m.