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Correct barometric pressure for elevation change

Source: R/correct_bp.R
correct_bp.Rd

Adjusts barometric pressure from one elevation to another using the barometric formula. Always returns a plain numeric vector.

Usage

correct_bp(
  station_bp,
  air_temp,
  station_elev,
  site_elev,
  from_units = "kPa",
  to_units = "kPa"
)

Arguments

station_bp

Numeric. Barometric pressure at the station.

air_temp

Numeric. Air temperature at the station in degrees Celsius.

station_elev

Numeric. Elevation of the station in meters.

site_elev

Numeric. Elevation of the target site in meters.

from_units

Character. Units of station_bp. Defaults to "kPa". See convert_pressure() for accepted values.

to_units

Character. Desired output units. Defaults to "kPa". See convert_pressure() for accepted values.

Value

Numeric vector of corrected barometric pressure in to_units.

See also

convert_pressure() for supported pressure units.

Examples

correct_bp(
  station_bp = c(101.3, 100.5), air_temp = c(15, 10),
  station_elev = 300, site_elev = 500
)
#> [1] 98.92626 98.10392