QUANCHING RATES FOR V-T PROCESSEs (cm3/s), FOR THE 15 um CO2 BAND a) CO2 - O: zo = 3.e-12 b) CO2 - N2: zn2=5.5e-17*sqrt(T)+6.7e-10*exp(-83.8*y), where y=T**(-1/3) c) CO2 - O2: zo2=1.e-15*exp(23.37-230.9*y+564.*y*y), where y=T**(-1/3) ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION MODEL z: vertical coordinate of the pressure scale height [x=7*log(1000/P(hPa)] g: gravity acceleration (m/s2) Mu: air molecular weight (g/mol) CO2: carbon dioxide volume mixing ratio O: atomic oxygen volume mixing ratio O2: molecular oxygen volume mixing ratio N2: molecular nitrogen volume mixing ratio Cp: specific heat at constant pressure (erg/g/K) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- z g Mu CO2 O O2 N2 Cp -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0. 9.800 28.95 3.560E-04 0.000E+00 2.100E-01 7.810E-01 1.0025E+07 1. 9.797 28.95 3.560E-04 0.000E+00 2.100E-01 7.810E-01 1.0025E+07 2. 9.794 28.95 3.560E-04 0.000E+00 2.100E-01 7.810E-01 1.0025E+07 3. 9.791 28.95 3.560E-04 0.000E+00 2.100E-01 7.810E-01 1.0025E+07 4. 9.789 28.95 3.560E-04 0.000E+00 2.100E-01 7.810E-01 1.0025E+07 5. 9.786 28.95 3.560E-04 0.000E+00 2.100E-01 7.810E-01 1.0025E+07 6. 9.783 28.95 3.560E-04 0.000E+00 2.100E-01 7.810E-01 1.0025E+07 7. 9.780 28.95 3.560E-04 0.000E+00 2.100E-01 7.810E-01 1.0025E+07 8. 9.777 28.95 3.560E-04 0.000E+00 2.100E-01 7.810E-01 1.0025E+07 9. 9.774 28.95 3.560E-04 0.000E+00 2.100E-01 7.810E-01 1.0025E+07 10. 9.771 28.95 3.560E-04 0.000E+00 2.100E-01 7.810E-01 1.0025E+07 11. 9.769 28.95 3.560E-04 0.000E+00 2.100E-01 7.810E-01 1.0025E+07 12. 9.768 28.95 3.560E-04 0.000E+00 2.100E-01 7.810E-01 1.0025E+07 13. 9.766 28.95 3.560E-04 0.000E+00 2.100E-01 7.810E-01 1.0025E+07 14. 9.765 28.95 3.560E-04 0.000E+00 2.100E-01 7.810E-01 1.0025E+07 15. 9.763 28.95 3.560E-04 0.000E+00 2.100E-01 7.810E-01 1.0025E+07 16. 9.760 28.95 3.560E-04 0.000E+00 2.100E-01 7.810E-01 1.0025E+07 17. 9.755 28.95 3.560E-04 0.000E+00 2.100E-01 7.810E-01 1.0025E+07 18. 9.750 28.95 3.560E-04 0.000E+00 2.100E-01 7.810E-01 1.0025E+07 19. 9.747 28.95 3.560E-04 0.000E+00 2.100E-01 7.810E-01 1.0025E+07 20. 9.744 28.95 3.560E-04 0.000E+00 2.100E-01 7.810E-01 1.0025E+07 21. 9.741 28.95 3.560E-04 0.000E+00 2.100E-01 7.810E-01 1.0025E+07 22. 9.738 28.95 3.560E-04 0.000E+00 2.100E-01 7.810E-01 1.0025E+07 23. 9.735 28.95 3.560E-04 0.000E+00 2.100E-01 7.810E-01 1.0025E+07 24. 9.732 28.95 3.560E-04 0.000E+00 2.100E-01 7.810E-01 1.0025E+07 25. 9.730 28.95 3.560E-04 0.000E+00 2.100E-01 7.810E-01 1.0025E+07 26. 9.727 28.95 3.560E-04 0.000E+00 2.100E-01 7.810E-01 1.0025E+07 27. 9.724 28.95 3.560E-04 0.000E+00 2.100E-01 7.810E-01 1.0025E+07 28. 9.721 28.95 3.560E-04 0.000E+00 2.100E-01 7.810E-01 1.0025E+07 29. 9.718 28.95 3.560E-04 0.000E+00 2.100E-01 7.810E-01 1.0025E+07 30. 9.715 28.95 3.560E-04 0.000E+00 2.100E-01 7.810E-01 1.0025E+07 31. 9.712 28.95 3.560E-04 0.000E+00 2.100E-01 7.810E-01 1.0025E+07 32. 9.710 28.95 3.560E-04 0.000E+00 2.100E-01 7.810E-01 1.0025E+07 33. 9.707 28.95 3.560E-04 0.000E+00 2.100E-01 7.810E-01 1.0025E+07 34. 9.704 28.95 3.560E-04 0.000E+00 2.100E-01 7.810E-01 1.0025E+07 35. 9.701 28.95 3.560E-04 0.000E+00 2.100E-01 7.810E-01 1.0025E+07 36. 9.698 28.95 3.560E-04 0.000E+00 2.100E-01 7.810E-01 1.0025E+07 37. 9.695 28.95 3.560E-04 0.000E+00 2.100E-01 7.810E-01 1.0025E+07 38. 9.692 28.95 3.560E-04 0.000E+00 2.100E-01 7.810E-01 1.0025E+07 39. 9.690 28.95 3.560E-04 0.000E+00 2.100E-01 7.810E-01 1.0025E+07 40. 9.687 28.95 3.560E-04 0.000E+00 2.100E-01 7.810E-01 1.0025E+07 41. 9.684 28.95 3.560E-04 0.000E+00 2.100E-01 7.810E-01 1.0025E+07 42. 9.681 28.95 3.560E-04 0.000E+00 2.100E-01 7.810E-01 1.0025E+07 43. 9.678 28.95 3.560E-04 0.000E+00 2.100E-01 7.810E-01 1.0025E+07 44. 9.675 28.95 3.560E-04 0.000E+00 2.100E-01 7.810E-01 1.0025E+07 45. 9.672 28.95 3.560E-04 0.000E+00 2.100E-01 7.810E-01 1.0025E+07 46. 9.670 28.95 3.560E-04 0.000E+00 2.100E-01 7.810E-01 1.0025E+07 47. 9.667 28.95 3.560E-04 0.000E+00 2.100E-01 7.810E-01 1.0025E+07 48. 9.664 28.95 3.560E-04 0.000E+00 2.100E-01 7.810E-01 1.0025E+07 49. 9.661 28.95 3.560E-04 0.000E+00 2.100E-01 7.810E-01 1.0025E+07 50. 9.656 28.95 3.560E-04 0.000E+00 2.100E-01 7.810E-01 1.0025E+07 51. 9.651 28.95 3.560E-04 0.000E+00 2.100E-01 7.810E-01 1.0025E+07 52. 9.645 28.95 3.560E-04 0.000E+00 2.100E-01 7.810E-01 1.0025E+07 53. 9.640 28.95 3.560E-04 0.000E+00 2.100E-01 7.810E-01 1.0025E+07 54. 9.637 28.95 3.560E-04 0.000E+00 2.100E-01 7.810E-01 1.0025E+07 55. 9.634 28.95 3.560E-04 0.000E+00 2.100E-01 7.810E-01 1.0025E+07 56. 9.631 28.95 3.560E-04 0.000E+00 2.100E-01 7.810E-01 1.0025E+07 57. 9.628 28.95 3.560E-04 0.000E+00 2.100E-01 7.810E-01 1.0025E+07 58. 9.625 28.95 3.560E-04 0.000E+00 2.100E-01 7.810E-01 1.0025E+07 59. 9.622 28.95 3.560E-04 0.000E+00 2.100E-01 7.810E-01 1.0025E+07 60. 9.620 28.95 3.560E-04 0.000E+00 2.100E-01 7.810E-01 1.0025E+07 61. 9.617 28.95 3.560E-04 0.000E+00 2.097E-01 7.810E-01 1.0025E+07 62. 9.614 28.95 3.560E-04 0.000E+00 2.094E-01 7.810E-01 1.0026E+07 63. 9.611 28.95 3.560E-04 0.000E+00 2.091E-01 7.810E-01 1.0026E+07 64. 9.608 28.95 3.560E-04 0.000E+00 2.090E-01 7.812E-01 1.0026E+07 65. 9.605 28.95 3.560E-04 0.000E+00 2.090E-01 7.815E-01 1.0026E+07 66. 9.602 28.95 3.560E-04 0.000E+00 2.090E-01 7.818E-01 1.0026E+07 67. 9.600 28.95 3.560E-04 0.000E+00 2.090E-01 7.820E-01 1.0026E+07 68. 9.597 28.95 3.560E-04 0.000E+00 2.090E-01 7.820E-01 1.0026E+07 69. 9.594 28.95 3.560E-04 0.000E+00 2.090E-01 7.820E-01 1.0027E+07 70. 9.591 28.95 3.560E-04 0.000E+00 2.090E-01 7.820E-01 1.0027E+07 71. 9.588 28.95 3.560E-04 0.000E+00 2.090E-01 7.820E-01 1.0027E+07 72. 9.585 28.95 3.560E-04 0.000E+00 2.090E-01 7.820E-01 1.0027E+07 73. 9.582 28.94 3.560E-04 1.192E-07 2.090E-01 7.820E-01 1.0028E+07 74. 9.580 28.94 3.560E-04 2.384E-07 2.090E-01 7.820E-01 1.0028E+07 75. 9.577 28.94 3.560E-04 7.153E-07 2.087E-01 7.823E-01 1.0028E+07 76. 9.574 28.94 3.560E-04 1.192E-06 2.084E-01 7.826E-01 1.0029E+07 77. 9.571 28.94 3.560E-04 1.669E-06 2.081E-01 7.829E-01 1.0029E+07 78. 9.568 28.94 3.560E-04 4.649E-06 2.080E-01 7.830E-01 1.0029E+07 79. 9.565 28.94 3.560E-04 9.179E-06 2.080E-01 7.830E-01 1.0029E+07 80. 9.562 28.94 3.560E-04 1.371E-05 2.080E-01 7.830E-01 1.0030E+07 81. 9.560 28.94 3.560E-04 2.170E-05 2.080E-01 7.830E-01 1.0030E+07 82. 9.557 28.94 3.560E-04 5.233E-05 2.077E-01 7.833E-01 1.0031E+07 83. 9.554 28.93 3.560E-04 8.309E-05 2.074E-01 7.836E-01 1.0031E+07 84. 9.551 28.93 3.560E-04 1.137E-04 2.071E-01 7.839E-01 1.0032E+07 85. 9.550 28.93 3.560E-04 2.135E-04 2.066E-01 7.842E-01 1.0033E+07 86. 9.550 28.93 3.557E-04 3.535E-04 2.061E-01 7.845E-01 1.0033E+07 87. 9.550 28.92 3.546E-04 4.934E-04 2.055E-01 7.848E-01 1.0034E+07 88. 9.550 28.92 3.529E-04 6.735E-04 2.049E-01 7.850E-01 1.0035E+07 89. 9.547 28.91 3.506E-04 1.118E-03 2.044E-01 7.853E-01 1.0037E+07 90. 9.544 28.90 3.484E-04 1.562E-03 2.038E-01 7.856E-01 1.0039E+07 91. 9.541 28.89 3.461E-04 2.006E-03 2.032E-01 7.859E-01 1.0040E+07 92. 9.538 28.88 3.410E-04 2.815E-03 2.025E-01 7.860E-01 1.0043E+07 93. 9.535 28.86 3.353E-04 3.837E-03 2.016E-01 7.860E-01 1.0046E+07 94. 9.532 28.84 3.280E-04 4.861E-03 2.007E-01 7.860E-01 1.0049E+07 95. 9.530 28.83 3.195E-04 5.992E-03 1.998E-01 7.860E-01 1.0053E+07 96. 9.527 28.80 3.099E-04 7.831E-03 1.984E-01 7.857E-01 1.0057E+07 97. 9.524 28.77 2.998E-04 9.674E-03 1.969E-01 7.854E-01 1.0062E+07 98. 9.521 28.74 2.897E-04 1.152E-02 1.955E-01 7.851E-01 1.0067E+07 99. 9.518 28.70 2.794E-04 1.394E-02 1.937E-01 7.845E-01 1.0074E+07 100. 9.515 28.66 2.692E-04 1.671E-02 1.917E-01 7.836E-01 1.0081E+07 101. 9.512 28.62 2.584E-04 1.949E-02 1.897E-01 7.827E-01 1.0088E+07 102. 9.510 28.57 2.476E-04 2.239E-02 1.877E-01 7.818E-01 1.0095E+07 103. 9.510 28.52 2.370E-04 2.612E-02 1.850E-01 7.807E-01 1.0105E+07 104. 9.510 28.46 2.261E-04 2.986E-02 1.825E-01 7.796E-01 1.0115E+07 105. 9.510 28.40 2.156E-04 3.361E-02 1.799E-01 7.784E-01 1.0124E+07 106. 9.508 28.33 2.046E-04 3.805E-02 1.770E-01 7.773E-01 1.0136E+07 107. 9.505 28.26 1.940E-04 4.289E-02 1.738E-01 7.761E-01 1.0149E+07 108. 9.502 28.19 1.832E-04 4.776E-02 1.707E-01 7.750E-01 1.0162E+07 109. 9.500 28.12 1.724E-04 5.281E-02 1.674E-01 7.737E-01 1.0175E+07 110. 9.497 28.02 1.618E-04 5.894E-02 1.630E-01 7.717E-01 1.0191E+07 111. 9.494 27.93 1.509E-04 6.510E-02 1.587E-01 7.697E-01 1.0208E+07 112. 9.491 27.83 1.404E-04 7.131E-02 1.545E-01 7.677E-01 1.0224E+07 113. 9.488 27.73 1.300E-04 7.850E-02 1.498E-01 7.654E-01 1.0243E+07 114. 9.485 27.61 1.199E-04 8.629E-02 1.448E-01 7.628E-01 1.0264E+07 115. 9.482 27.49 1.096E-04 9.414E-02 1.400E-01 7.602E-01 1.0285E+07 116. 9.479 27.37 1.000E-04 1.023E-01 1.352E-01 7.575E-01 1.0306E+07 117. 9.474 27.23 9.110E-05 1.119E-01 1.292E-01 7.538E-01 1.0332E+07 118. 9.468 27.08 8.371E-05 1.216E-01 1.234E-01 7.501E-01 1.0357E+07 119. 9.462 26.94 7.713E-05 1.314E-01 1.180E-01 7.464E-01 1.0383E+07 120. 9.458 26.78 7.132E-05 1.425E-01 1.117E-01 7.415E-01 1.0411E+07 121. 9.455 26.61 6.589E-05 1.544E-01 1.052E-01 7.361E-01 1.0441E+07 122. 9.452 26.45 6.076E-05 1.664E-01 9.903E-02 7.307E-01 1.0471E+07 123. 9.449 26.28 5.597E-05 1.787E-01 9.325E-02 7.249E-01 1.0501E+07 124. 9.444 26.09 5.149E-05 1.920E-01 8.776E-02 7.168E-01 1.0534E+07 125. 9.438 25.90 4.734E-05 2.054E-01 8.258E-02 7.088E-01 1.0568E+07 126. 9.432 25.72 4.351E-05 2.190E-01 7.772E-02 7.009E-01 1.0601E+07 127. 9.425 25.53 3.941E-05 2.331E-01 7.304E-02 6.914E-01 1.0635E+07 128. 9.416 25.33 3.551E-05 2.475E-01 6.860E-02 6.810E-01 1.0669E+07 129. 9.407 25.14 3.150E-05 2.622E-01 6.442E-02 6.708E-01 1.0703E+07 130. 9.399 24.94 2.783E-05 2.770E-01 6.059E-02 6.603E-01 1.0738E+07 131. 9.390 24.74 2.450E-05 2.922E-01 5.757E-02 6.474E-01 1.0773E+07 132. 9.382 24.54 2.147E-05 3.076E-01 5.470E-02 6.348E-01 1.0809E+07 133. 9.373 24.34 1.879E-05 3.232E-01 5.197E-02 6.225E-01 1.0845E+07 134. 9.363 24.13 1.578E-05 3.395E-01 4.945E-02 6.087E-01 1.0882E+07 135. 9.351 23.92 1.319E-05 3.562E-01 4.710E-02 5.942E-01 1.0921E+07 136. 9.340 23.71 1.089E-05 3.731E-01 4.486E-02 5.800E-01 1.0960E+07 137. 9.328 23.50 8.931E-06 3.904E-01 4.271E-02 5.658E-01 1.1000E+07 138. 9.317 23.27 7.284E-06 4.084E-01 4.060E-02 5.493E-01 1.1044E+07 139. 9.306 23.04 5.993E-06 4.266E-01 3.859E-02 5.332E-01 1.1088E+07 140. 9.294 22.81 4.944E-06 4.451E-01 3.668E-02 5.176E-01 1.1132E+07