MODAT: A COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF MODEL ATMOSPHERES,
Abstract
A digital computer program is described, which permits the construction of self-consistent model atmospheres. It is written in FORTRAN II for the IBM 7090 and is applicable to the evaluation of atmospheric conditions on any planet of the solar system. Depending on the amount of information available about a planet and its atmosphere, three different program versions of increasing complexity can be used, combined or interchanged, to provide the desired tabulation of atmospheric parameters up to altitudes of one planetary radius. The program can be called upon to print, or to provide in the form of card decks, the basic data on atmospheric pressure, temperature, and density, as well as a series of auxiliary quantities, including scale heights, number density, mean molecular mass, columnar mass, gravitational acceleration and potential. Primary numerical values are available both in c.g.s. units and in engineering units at any desired altitude level. The descriptions of the mathematical basis and the program routines are carried to sufficient detail to allow duplication of the program and to facilitate its general use. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jul 01, 1964
- Accession Number
- AD0603157
Entities
People
- G. F. Schilling
- L. C. Kern
Organizations
- RAND Corporation