ESS11
Prof. Jin-Yi Yu
A Mathematic Formula of
Scale Height
qThe higher the
temperature (T) è the more energetic the
air molecules è the larger the scale
height
qThe larger the gravity
(g) è air molecules are closer to the surface è the smaller the scale height
qThe heavier the gas
molecules weight (m) è the smaller the scale height for that particular gas
qH has a value of about
10km for the mixture of gases in the atmosphere, but H has different values for individual gases.
scale height
temperature
gravity
molecular weight of gas
gas constant