A database of vapor pressure equations for modeling cloud condensation in the atmospheres of the outer solar system
Abstract
Understanding the validity of vapor pressure and latent heat equations for a given temperature range is of great importance to a variety of researchers across the planetary science community. Applications include photochemical modeling, microphysical modeling, energy balance models, general circulation models, planetesimal formation models, and interpreting spacecraft observations. This project will provide the planetary science community with a set of reference equations for calculating vapor pressure and latent heat as a function of temperature. These equations will be included from an extensive literature search as well as some new derivations. This goal will be accomplished through the creation of both Fortran 90 and Python modules for each condensing species relevant to the atmospheres of the outer solar system.
- Publication:
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EPSC-DPS Joint Meeting 2019
- Pub Date:
- September 2019
- Bibcode:
- 2019EPSC...13.1276B