Description

The barometric pressure at a given altitude can be estimated from the altitudinal height and temperature.


 

Method 1

 

LOG10 (barometric pressure at higher altitude) =

= LOG10 (barometric pressure at lower altitude) - ((altitude difference in meters between the two altitudes) / (72 * (256.4 + (mean temperature in °C of an air column with a height of the altitude difference in meters))))

 

Rearranged:

 

barometric pressure at higher altitude =

= 10 ^ (LOG10 (barometric pressure at lower altitude) - ((altitude difference in meters between the two altitudes) / (72 * (256.4 + (mean temperature in °C of an air column with a height of the altitude difference in meters)))))

 

If the lower altitude is sea level, then

 

barometric pressure at given altitude in mm Hg =

= 10 ^(2.88 - ((altitude in meters) / (72 * (256.4 + (mean temperature in °C of an air column with height of that altitude in meters)))))

 

barometric pressure at given altitude in atmospheres =

= 10 ^((-1) * ((altitude in meters) / (72 * (256.4 + (mean temperature in °C of an air column with height of that altitude in meters)))))

 

Method 2: Haldane and Priestley

 

barometric pressure in mm Hg at a given altitude =

= 760 * ((1 - (0.000006873 * (altitude in feet above sea level))) ^ 5.256)

 

Volume of Gas at a Given Altitude

 

Since (pressure of gas) * (volume of gas) is a constant:

 

volume of gas at the altitude =

= (760 / (pressure at altitude in mm Hg)) * (volume at sea level at 1 atmosphere pressure)

 


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