A PRELIMINARY COMPUTATION OF PRESSURE AND TEMPERATURE BETWEEN 100 AND 800 KILOMETERS,

Abstract

Preliminary pressure and temperature data on the atmosphere between altitudes of 100 and 800 km are presented. Data on the density of the atmosphere taken from several sources serve as a basis for deriving mean pressure and temperature. The accuracy of the latter depends on the estimate of molecular weights of the gas mixture at high altitudes. Departures from this mean are caused by geophysical effects originating in solar emanations. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 18, 1960
Accession Number
AD0616653

Entities

People

  • W. Viezee

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Altitude
  • Atmospheres
  • Computations
  • High Altitude
  • Molecular Weight

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Solar Physics
  • Spectroscopy.