PDS: The Planetary Atmospheres NodeEncyclopedia of Standard Planetary Information, Formulae and Constants
This is an "in house" document geared for upper division students in the Astronomy or the Astrophysics fields. This Encyclopedia consists of Standard Planetary Information, Formulae and Constants. It was written by Chris Barnet and edited for HTML by Steve Duran.
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EXAMPLE STRUCTURE
Beer's Law
u = e-sec(
) 
dz
= 
(CO2,CO,CH4,N2O) +
(H2O) +
(O3) The taller the glass, the darker the brew,
The less the amount of light that comes through.
u = e-sec() dz = (CO2,CO,CH4,N2O) +
(H2O) +
(O3) Transmittance between the top of the atmosphere and level at z is a function of the quantity and absorption of all gases.
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