Essential University Physics (3rd Edition)
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Chapter 15, Problem 63P
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To determine
The Mar’s surface pressure.
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To determine
The scale height
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The atmospheric pressure at the time the video was taken was recorded by the National Weather Service as 30.10 inches of mercury, with the alternative measure of a sea level equivalent 1018.8 bar. What was the atmospheric pressure in the laboratory (we are only a few km from the Weather Service's station) in SI units? The standard unit of pressure is the pascal. For atmospheric pressure it is conventional to use kPa, kilopascal. Why is there a difference between the measured pressure locally and the sea level equivalent, apart from the continued use of imperial units for barometric pressure.
The pressure on Earth's atmosphere as a function of height y above sea level can be determined by
assuming g to be constant and that the density of air is proportional to the pressure, i.e., px P.
Note that this assumption is not very accurate since temperature and other weather effects can
influence pressure. [Hint: Po = 1.013 × 105 N/m², po = 1.29 kg x m-³]
(1) Start by finding a relation between the pressure Po and the density of air po at 0° at sea level
(y=0) and the pressure P and density p at height y. Using this relation find an expression
for p as a function of P, i.e., p = p(P).
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