Sentences with phrase «u.s. standard atmosphere»

Temperatures are given in degrees Kelvin (100K = -175 °C or -280 °F, while 300K = 25 °C or 80 °F), and are determined from the 1976 version of the U.S. Standard Atmosphere.

Setting all gases to zero except water vapor and CO2 - this was the closest when using the U.S. Standard Atmosphere

Not exact matches

The U.S. EPA is considering stiffening standards for the ocean acidification caused by rising carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere

The equations used are those adopted 15 October 1976 by the United States Committee on Extension to the Standard Atmosphere (COESA), representing 29 U.S. scientific and engineering organizations.

Jacobson's models, published in the Journal of Geophysical Research — Atmospheres, concluded that, even with stringent U.S. and European standards, diesel vehicles could warm the climate more over 100 years than gasoline - powered cars as a result of the relatively higher black carbon content of diesel.