Density of Air in the Mesosphere?

thedan16 · Jan 2, 2014

How is air density calculated?

I can't seem to find any tables for the mesosphere.

There are some calculators online that base it on height, but I'm not sure if they'll be accurate.

SteamKing · Jan 2, 2014

Check out this page:

http://www.atmosculator.com/The%20Standard%20Atmosphere.html?

Chestermiller · Jan 2, 2014

thedan16 said:

How is air density calculated?

I can't seem to find any tables for the mesosphere.

There are some calculators online that base it on height, but I'm not sure if they'll be accurate.

You use the ideal gas law ρ=(pM)/(RT). So you need to know the pressure and the temperature. Values of these are tabulated in the US Standard Atmosphere.

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