calculate_altitude: Calculate altitude from pressure

In KiranLDA/PAMLr: Suite Of Functions For Manipulating Pressure, Activity, Magnetism, Temperature And Light Data In R

Calculate altitude from pressure

Description

This function calculates altitude from atmospheric pressure

Usage

calculate_altitude(P, T0 = 288.15, P0 = 1013.25)

Arguments

P	on-bird pressure in hectopascals
T0	temperature at sea level in kelvin (i.e. celcius + 273.15 OR (Farenheit - 32) * 5/9 + 273.15)
P0	pressure at sea level in hectopascals

Value

altitude in metres calculated according to International Standard Atmosphere model (International Organization for Standardization 1975: ISO 2533:1975)

References

Atmosphere, S., 1975. International organization for standardization. ISO, 2533, p.1975.

Examples

altitude = calculate_altitude(P = hoopoe$pressure$obs)
plot(hoopoe$pressure$date,
     altitude,
     type="o",
     pch=16,
     xlab="Date",
     ylab="Altitude (m)")

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