lair.constants#

Mathematical, physical & scienfitic constants.

All in scientific units.

Pint is still figuring out how to properly deal with constants: hgrecco/pint#1078 Until then, I will keep them here.

Module Attributes

Na

Avogadro number [1/mol]

kb

Boltzmann constant [J/K]

rho_w

Density of water [kg/m^3]

Gamma_d

Dry adiabatic lapse rate [K/km]

Rd

Gas constant for dry air [J/kg/K]

Rv

Gas constant for water vapor [J/kg/K]

g

Gravitational acceleration [m/sec^2]

cp

Heat capacity of dry air [J/kg/K]

c_l

Heat capacity of liquid water [J/kg/K]

cv

Heat capacity of water vapor [J/kg/K]

L_f

Latent heat of fusion [J/kg]

L

Latent heat of vaporization [J/kg]

L_s

Latent heat of sublimation [J/kg]

h

Planck constant [J*sec]

R_earth

Radius of the Earth [km]

epsilon

Ratio of gas constants [#]

c

Speed of light [m/sec]

sigma

Stefan-Boltzmann constant [W/m^2/K^4]

Rstar

Universial gas constant [J/K/mol]