User’s Guide for Barometric_Formula.m

William Yeong Liang Ling

Revision 1.0 - 3/16/2008

Description:

This code inputs an altitude and utilizes the barometric formula in order to determine the pressure, density and temperature of the air at that altitude

Assumptions:

It is assumed that the barometric formula correctly approximates the atmosphere

Input Section:

The call line of the function is:

[Density_Air Pressure_Air Temperature_Air] = Barometric_Formula(Altitude)

All of the variables that are passed into the function are described below:

Variable Name / Description
Altitude / Specified altitude (m)

Output Section:

Variable Name / Description
Density_Air / Density of the air at the specified altitude [kg/m3]
Pressure_Air / Pressure of the air at the specified altitude [Pa]
Temperature_Air / Temperature of the air at the specified altitude [K]