COESA62

The U.S. Standard Atmosphere 1966 depicts idealized middle-latitude year-round mean conditions for the range of solar activity that occurs between sunspot minimum and sunspot maximum.

Z (km) H (km) T (K) p (mbar) rho (kg / m3) beta (K / km)
0.0 0.0 288.150 1.01325e3 1.2250 -6.5
11.019 11.0 216.650 2.2632e2 3.6392e-1 0.0
20.063 20.0 216.650 5.4749e1 8.8035e-2 1.0
32.162 32.0 228.650 8.68014 1.3225e-2 2.8
47.350 47.0 270.650 1.109050 1.4275e-3 0.0
51.413 52.0 270.650 5.90005e-1 7.5943e-4 -2.8
61.591 61.0 252.650 1.82099e-1 2.5109e-4 -2.0
79.994 79.0 180.650 1.0377e-2 2.001e-5 0.0
90.0 88.743 180.650 1.6438e-3 3.170e-6 0.0
100.0 98.451 210.020 3.0075e-4 4.974e-7 5.0
110.0 108.129 257.000 7.3544e-5 9.829e-8 10.0
120.0 117.776 349.490 2.5217e-5 2.436e-8 20.0
150.0 146.541 892.790 5.0617e-6 1.836e-9 15.0
160.0 156.071 1022.23 3.6943e-6 1.159e-9 10.0
170.0 165.571 1105.51 2.7926e-6 8.036e-10 7.0
190.0 184.485 1205.50 1.6852e-6 4.347e-10 5.0
230.0 221.967 1321.70 6.9604e-7 1.564e-10 4.0
300.0 286.476 1432.11 1.8838e-7 3.585e-11 3.3
400.0 376.312 1487.38 4.0304e-8 6.498e-12 2.6
500.0 463.526 1499.22 1.0957e-8 1.577e-12 1.7
600.0 548.230 1506.13 3.4502e-9 4.640e-13 1.1
700.0 630.530 1507.61 1.1918e-9 1.537e-13 0.0
class poliastro.atmosphere.coesa62.COESA62

Holds the model for U.S Standard Atmosphere 1962.

temperature(alt, geometric=True)

Solves for temperature at given altitude.

Parameters:
  • alt (Quantity) – Geometric/Geopotential altitude.
  • geometric (boolean) – If True, assumes geometric altitude kind.
Returns:

T – Kinetic temeperature.

Return type:

Quantity

pressure(alt, geometric=True)

Solves pressure at given altitude.

Parameters:
  • alt (Quantity) – Geometric/Geopotential altitude.
  • geometric (boolean) – If True, assumes geometric altitude.
Returns:

p – Pressure at given altitude.

Return type:

Quantity

density(alt, geometric=True)

Solves density at given altitude.

Parameters:
  • alt (Quantity) – Geometric/Geopotential altitude.
  • geometric (boolean) – If True, assumes geometric altitude.
Returns:

rho – Density at given altitude.

Return type:

Quantity

properties(alt, geometric=True)

Solves density at given height.

Parameters:
  • alt (Quantity) – Geometric/Geopotential height.
  • geometric (boolean) – If True, assumes that alt argument is geometric kind.
Returns:

  • T (~astropy.units.Quantity) – Temperature at given height.
  • p (~astropy.units.Quantity) – Pressure at given height.
  • rho (~astropy.units.Quantity) – Density at given height.