pres_atm_kPa: Get mean atmospheric pressure at given altitude in kPa

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Get mean atmospheric pressure at given altitude in kPa

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

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