Density of earth's atmostphere= mass/particle =

distance to 1/2 pressure:

calculation: atmosphere height:

• so
• so

pressure calculation:

better atmosphere calculation: if isothermal so . if not isothermal:

• dry atmosphere: where s is entropy. if a blob of hot air will rise forever. Due to efficiency of convective transport . . ... .
• wet atmosphere: something in between isothermal and dry atmosphere.

source psfile jl@crush.caltech.edu index weather_timescale weather sun