On the barometric formula

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Mário N. Berberan‐Santos · Instituto Superior Técnico

Е. Н. Бодунов · Russian State Hydrometeorological University

Lionello Pogliani · Instituto Superior Técnico

Abstract

The barometric formula, relating the pressure p(z) of an isothermal, ideal gas of molecular mass m at some height z to its pressure p(0) at height z=0, is discussed. After a brief historical review, several derivations are given. Generalizations of the barometric formula for a nonuniform gravitational field and for a vertical temperature gradient are also presented.

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Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies Cosmology and Gravitation Theories

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Published in: American Journal of Physics

Volume 65, Issue 5, pp. 404-412

DOI: 10.1119/1.18555

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