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Robb Kambic Unidata Program Center
Software Engineer III Univ. Corp for Atmospheric Research
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Date: 24 Mar 2005 15:16:49 -0700
From: Steve Chiswell <chiz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Robb Kambic <rkambic@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: altimeter to slp
Robb,
In PR_PALT,
the constants are:
GAMUSD = 6.5 degrees per km
TMCK = 273.15
To = T at 1000mb = 288.15K
RDGAS = 287.04 = gas constant for dry air
GRAVTY = 9.80616 m s-2
Chiz
