Astronaut Scientific Debriefings, 1962-1963

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LOS ALAMOS SCIENTIFIC LABORATORY
UNIVl:R■ ITY Of' CAI.IP'ORNIA
LO■ AI.AM0e, Nl:W MUICO
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DATE:
Ju}¥ 13, 1962
Fox- th, followins I will assume that the concentr.ation ot absorbins mo1ecu1es
in the region of interest can be described adequate}¥ by an exponential decrease
w1th altitude above the bottom, of the layer, hence, can be represented by
where Y is the scale height in the layer and H must lie in the .ia.yer • . Then the
.number of molecules per cm2 is found to be
(4a)
(4b)
• RPo
e
(4c)
'
I
J
~ [-1 + V1 + y2 + ·2y sin e ] dy
(5)
where the integral is over the range of y desired (usua.l.ly O ➔ ex,).
·For a vertical view (sin 8 • .l) path, the sollltion is simpJ.¥
(6)
where Po is the density at the base of the layer.
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