constants

Physical constants

Initialized

define_constants()

Variations

Used

variable

user

sigmaSB

calc_brdf()

MH2O, Mair, rhoa, cp, g, kappa, sigmaSB

ebal()

kappa

rhoa, cp, MH2O, R

heatfluxes()

deg2rad, Mair, MCO2, rhoa

load_timeseries()

sigmaSB, C2K

Brightness_T()

deg2rad

A, h, c

RTMo()

Fields

Fields initialized in define_constants()

variable

units

type

default

description

A

mol-1

double

6.02214E23

Constant of Avogadro

h

J s

double

6.6262E-34

Planck’s constant

c

m s-1

double

299792458

Speed of light

cp

J kg-1 K-1

double

1004

Specific heat of dry air

R

J mol-1K-1

double

8.314

Molar gas constant

rhoa

kg m-3

double

1.2047

Specific mass of air

g

m s-2

double

9.81

Gravity acceleration

kappa

-

double

0.4

Von Karman constant

MH2O

g mol-1

double

18

Molecular mass of water

Mair

g mol-1

double

28.96

Molecular mass of dry air

MCO2

g mol-1

double

44

Molecular mass of carbon dioxide

sigmaSB

W m-2 K-4

double

5.67E-8

Stefan Boltzman constant

deg2rad

rad

double

pi/180

Conversion from deg to rad

C2K

K

double

273.15

Melting point of water