Conversions and Constants - Air Pollution and Global Warming: History, Science, and Solutions - page 342

9.81 m s − 2

g = gravity =

28.966 g mol − 1 m d = molecular weight of dry air =

M

10 − 26 = mass of an air molecule ( m d / A ) = 4.8096 × kg

R * 8.3145 J mol − 1 K − 1

= universal gas constant =

8.3145 kg m 2 s − 2 mol − 1 K − 1 0.083145 m 3 hPa mol − 1 K − 1

= =

= ×

10 7 gcm 2 s − 2 mol − 1 K − 1

=

0.08206 L atm mol − 1 K − 1

8.3145

= ×

10 4 cm 3 hPa mol − 1 K − 1

= ×

10 7 erg mol − 1 K − 1 8.3145 8.3145

atm mol − 1 K − 1 1.987 cal mol − 1 K − 1

= 82.06 cm 3 =

R gas constant for dry air ( R ∗ / 287.04 J kg − 1 K − 1

= m d ) =

0.28704 J g − 1 K − 1 2.8704 m 3 hPa kg − 1 K − 1 = =

2870.4 cm 3 hPa g − 1 K − 1 287.04 m 2 s − 2 K − 1 = =

10 6 cm 2 s − 2 K − 1

= 2.8704 ×

10 6

R e = radius of the Earth = 6.378 × m

10 8

R p = radius of the sun = 6.96 × m

10 11 R es = mean Earth-sun distance = 1.5 × m

T p = temperature of the sun's photosphere = 5785 K

10 − 8 Wm − 2 K − 4

B = Stefan-Boltzmann constant = 5.67051 ×