Table of atmospheric properties as a function of altitude, sea level to
1000 km.
     
    
    Usage
    data(atmos, package = "formatdown")
 
     
    
    
    Classes data.table and data.frame with 20 observations
of 5 variables:
- alt
 
Numeric, altitude (km)
 
- temp
 
Numeric, air temperature (K)
 
- pres
 
Numeric, atmospheric pressure (Pa)
 
- dens
 
Numeric, air density (kg m\(^{-3}\))
 
- sound
 
Numeric, speed of sound (m/s)
 
 
    
    Source
    Marks' Standard Handbook for Mechanical Engineers 9/e (1987)
E.A. Avallone and T. Baumeister (ed.),
"Table 4.2.2 International Standard Atmosphere",
pp. 4-38,  McGraw-Hill, NY.