Translation for "skaalakorkeus" to english

Skaalakorkeus

• scale height

Translation examples

scale height

Skaalakorkeus H on planeetan kaasukehän tai sen osana olevan kaasun se korkeus, jossa kaasun osapaine pienenee e:nteen osaan pinnalla vallitsevasta paineesta.
It is usually denoted by the capital letter H. For planetary atmospheres, scale height is the increase in altitude for which the atmospheric pressure decreases by a factor of e.