U.S. Standard Atmosphere

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The U.S. Standard Atmosphere is a series of models that define values for atmospheric temperature, density, pressure and other properties over a wide range of altitudes. The first model, based on an existing international standard, was published in 1958 by the U.S. Committee on Extension to the Standard Atmosphere, and was updated in 1962, 1966, and 1976.

[edit] See also

• Atmospheric models
• NRLMSISE-00
• International Standard Atmosphere

[edit] References

• U.S. Extension to the ICAO Standard Atmosphere, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1958.
• U.S. Standard Atmosphere, 1962, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1962.
• U.S. Standard Atmosphere Supplements, 1966, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1966.
• U.S. Standard Atmosphere, 1976, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1976 (Linked file is 17 MiB).

[edit] External links

• NASA GSFC ModelWeb
• A mathematical model of the 1976 U.S. Standard Atmosphere