Velocity of sound in the gravitational atmosphere

V.J. Menon and D.C. Agrawal

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 1988, vol. 148, issue 3, 556-566

Abstract: An attempt is made to fit theoretically the observed variation of the density, pressure and sound velocity with the altitude in the earth's atmosphere. This is done in a kinetic model by taking a Maxwellian input and deducing a modified velocity distribution by a logical averaging procedure over the molecular motion. The resulting curve of the velocity of sound has the nice feature of exhibiting a first turning point at about 13 km.

Date: 1988
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DOI: 10.1016/0378-4371(88)90086-6

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