Air Pressure from Elevation

The function estimates air pressure (kPa) as a function of elevation (Engineering ToolBox 2003) .

airpressure_from_elev(elev)

Arguments

elev

numeric elevation (meters).

Value

numeric air pressure (kPa).

References

Engineering ToolBox (2003). Atmospheric Pressure vs. Elevation above Sea Level. https://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/air-altitude-pressure-d_462.html.

See also

Other utility functions: azimuth_angle(), day_of_year(), daylength(), dec_angle(), solar_noon(), temperature conversions, zenith_angle()

Examples

  airpressure_from_elev(elev = 1500)
#> [1] 84.36559