On Mon, Jul 07, 2003 at 06:49:35PM -0400, Robert J. Chassell wrote: > > But I still wonder what the standard temperature is? What is > > the lapse rate? How much does temperature drop per kilometer of > > increased altitude? How much does dew point drop? > > Those questions are well beyond my calculation abilities. If you > are interested in doing a simulation, I'd be willing to work with > you, .... > > Is a simulation necessary?
As I said, I don't know how to calculate it from first principles, so I think it is. Of course, it is possible there is some clever way to calculate it that I don't know. > I am not a physicist, but I thought that there is a standard formula > for computing temperature and pressure according to a dry adiabatic > lapse rate. But is it a phenomenological formula? I would think measurements were made of the lapse rate, and then a curve was fit to the data. > That would be a formula for what happens when you reduce the press on > a parcel of air adiabatically. How did the `standard atmosphere', > which is a table of temperature and pressure, get defined? My guess is above. Where did you see the table? Didn't they give any references? -- "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.erikreuter.net/ _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
