Path: AerospaceUtils/AtmosphericCalculations
% Computes the atmospheric density using an exponential model.
If planet is not entered the default is earth. It has coefficients for
all of the planets, Europa, and Titan. You can enter [] for h. If you
just enter the planet, it will create a range of h.
The Earth model has an additional scaling coefficient in the exponent.
Type AtmDens1 for demo.
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Form:
rho = AtmDens1( planet )
rho = AtmDens1( h )
rho = AtmDens1( h, planet )
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Inputs
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h (1,:) Altitude (km)
planet (1,:) 'earth', 'mercury', 'venus', 'mars',
'jupiter', 'europa', 'saturn', 'uranus',
'neptune', 'pluto'
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Outputs
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rho (1,:) Atmospheric Density kg/m^3
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Reference: Lang, K. R., "Astrophysical Data: Planets and Stars",
Springer-Verlag, p 50.
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SC: Environs/MolWt2R Common: Graphics/NewFig Common: Graphics/TitleS Common: Graphics/XLabelS Common: Graphics/YLabelS
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