Densi ty Al ti tude - National Weather Service
Density Altitude
From the user, an air temperature (T ) , a station pressure (P sta) , and a dewpoint temperature (T d) . The density altitude calculation is quite complex. Before calculating the density altitude, the virtual temperature must be calculated first. To perform all the calculation for the density altitude calculation, the air temperature must be in units of Kelvin (K) , the station pressure must be in units of inches of mercury (inHg) and millibars (mb) , and the dewpoint temperature must be in units of degrees Celsius (?C) . To see how to convert the temperature and pressure, see the links below:
Pressure Conversion
Temperature Conversion
To calculate the virtual temperature (T v) , a vapor pressure (e) must be calculated first using the equation below.
( ) 7.5 ? Td
e = 6.11 ? 10 237.7 + Td
then using the station pressure in units of millibars (P mb) , the virtual temperature can be calculated:
( ) Tv = 1 -
e P mb
T ? (1 - 0.622)
The virtual temperature answer will be in units of Kelvin (K) and needs to converted to Rankine (R) to calculate the density altitude. To see ho to convert Kelvin to Rankine, see the temperature link above. Finally, the density altitude can be calculated. Using the virtual temperature in units of Rankine (T v) and station pressure in inches of
( ) mercury P inHg
( ( ) ) hdensity = 145366 ?
1 -
17.326 ? P inHg 0.235 Tv
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