number density derivations

  1. number density for air component from mass density:

    symbol description unit variable name
    \(M_{x}\) molar mass for air component x \(\frac{g}{mol}\)  
    \(n_{x}\) number density for air component x (e.g. \(n_{O_{3}}\)) \(\frac{molec}{m^3}\) <species>_number_density {:}
    \(N_A\) Avogadro constant \(\frac{1}{mol}\)  
    \(\rho_{x}\) mass density for air component x (e.g. \(\rho_{O_{3}}\)) \(\frac{kg}{m^3}\) <species>_density {:}

    The pattern : for the dimensions can represent {vertical}, {latitude,longitude}, {latitude,longitude,vertical}, {time}, {time,vertical}, {time,latitude,longitude}, {time,latitude,longitude,vertical}, or no dimensions at all.

    \[n_{x} = \frac{\rho_{x}N_{A}}{10^{-3}M_{x}}\]
  2. number density for total air from mass density:

    symbol description unit variable name
    \(M_{air}\) molar mass for total air \(\frac{g}{mol}\) molar_mass {:}
    \(n\) number density for total air \(\frac{molec}{m^3}\) number_density {:}
    \(N_A\) Avogadro constant \(\frac{1}{mol}\)  
    \(\rho\) mass density for total air \(\frac{kg}{m^3}\) density {:}

    The pattern : for the dimensions can represent {vertical}, {latitude,longitude}, {latitude,longitude,vertical}, {time}, {time,vertical}, {time,latitude,longitude}, {time,latitude,longitude,vertical}, or no dimensions at all.

    \[n = \frac{\rho N_{A}}{10^{-3}M_{air}}\]
  3. number density for total air from pressure and temperature

    symbol description unit variable name
    \(k\) Boltzmann constant \(\frac{kg m^2}{K s^2}\)  
    \(n\) number density \(\frac{molec}{m^3}\) number_density {:}
    \(p\) pressure \(Pa\) pressure {:}
    \(T\) temperature \(K\) temperature {:}

    The pattern : for the dimensions can represent {vertical}, {latitude,longitude}, {latitude,longitude,vertical}, {time}, {time,vertical}, {time,latitude,longitude}, {time,latitude,longitude,vertical}, or no dimensions at all.

    \[n = \frac{p}{kT}\]
  4. number density from volume mixing ratio

    symbol description unit variable name
    \(n\) number density of total air \(\frac{molec}{m^3}\) number_density {:}
    \(n_{x}\) number density for air component x (e.g. \(n_{O_{3}}\)) \(\frac{molec}{m^3}\) <species>_number_density {:}
    \(\nu_{x}\) volume mixing ratio for air component x (e.g. \(n_{O_{3}}\)) \(ppv\) <species>_volume_mixing_ratio {:}

    The pattern : for the dimensions can represent {vertical}, {latitude,longitude}, {latitude,longitude,vertical}, {time}, {time,vertical}, {time,latitude,longitude}, {time,latitude,longitude,vertical}, or no dimensions at all.

    \[n_{x} = \nu_{x}n\]
  5. number density from volume mixing ratio dry air

    symbol description unit variable name
    \(n_{dry\_air}\) number density of dry air \(\frac{molec}{m^3}\) dry_air_number_density {:}
    \(n_{x}\) number density for air component x (e.g. \(n_{O_{3}}\)) \(\frac{molec}{m^3}\) <species>_number_density {:}
    \(\bar{\nu}_{x}\) volume mixing ratio for air component x (e.g. \(n_{O_{3}}\)) \(ppv\) <species>_volume_mixing_ratio_dry_air {:}

    The pattern : for the dimensions can represent {vertical}, {latitude,longitude}, {latitude,longitude,vertical}, {time}, {time,vertical}, {time,latitude,longitude}, {time,latitude,longitude,vertical}, or no dimensions at all.

    \[n_{x} = \bar{\nu}_{x}n_{dry\_air}\]
  6. number density for air component from column number density

    symbol description unit variable name
    \(c_{x}\) column number density for air component x (e.g. \(c_{O_{3}}\)) \(\frac{molec}{m^2}\) <species>_column_number_density {:}
    \(n_{x}\) number density for air component x (e.g. \(n_{O_{3}}\)) \(\frac{molec}{m^3}\) <species>_number_density {:}
    \(z^{B}(l)\) altitude boundaries (\(l \in \{1,2\}\)) \(m\) altitude_bounds {:,2}

    The pattern : for the dimensions can represent {vertical}, {latitude,longitude}, {latitude,longitude,vertical}, {time}, {time,vertical}, {time,latitude,longitude}, {time,latitude,longitude,vertical}, or no dimensions at all.

    \[n_{x} = \frac{c_{x}}{\lvert z^{B}(2) - z^{B}(1) \rvert}\]
  7. number density for total air from dry air number density and H2O number density

    symbol description unit variable name
    \(n\) number density \(\frac{molec}{m^3}\) number_density {:}
    \(n_{dry\_air}\) number density of dry air \(\frac{molec}{m^3}\) dry_air_number_density {:}
    \(n_{H_{2}O}\) number density for H2O \(\frac{molec}{m^3}\) H2O_number_density {:}

    The pattern : for the dimensions can represent {vertical}, {latitude,longitude}, {latitude,longitude,vertical}, {time}, {time,vertical}, {time,latitude,longitude}, {time,latitude,longitude,vertical}, or no dimensions at all.

    \[n = n_{dry\_air} + n_{H_{2}O}\]
  8. number density for dry air from total air number density and H2O number density

    symbol description unit variable name
    \(n\) number density \(\frac{molec}{m^3}\) number_density {:}
    \(n_{dry\_air}\) number density of dry air \(\frac{molec}{m^3}\) dry_air_number_density {:}
    \(n_{H_{2}O}\) number density for H2O \(\frac{molec}{m^3}\) H2O_number_density {:}

    The pattern : for the dimensions can represent {vertical}, {latitude,longitude}, {latitude,longitude,vertical}, {time}, {time,vertical}, {time,latitude,longitude}, {time,latitude,longitude,vertical}, or no dimensions at all.

    \[n_{dry\_air} = n - n_{H_{2}O}\]
  9. number density for H2O from total air number density and dry air number density

    symbol description unit variable name
    \(n\) number density \(\frac{molec}{m^3}\) number_density {:}
    \(n_{dry\_air}\) number density of dry air \(\frac{molec}{m^3}\) dry_air_number_density {:}
    \(n_{H_{2}O}\) number density for H2O \(\frac{molec}{m^3}\) H2O_number_density {:}

    The pattern : for the dimensions can represent {vertical}, {latitude,longitude}, {latitude,longitude,vertical}, {time}, {time,vertical}, {time,latitude,longitude}, {time,latitude,longitude,vertical}, or no dimensions at all.

    \[n_{H_{2}O} = n - n_{dry\_air}\]
  10. number density for total air from column number density

    symbol description unit variable name
    \(c\) column number density \(\frac{molec}{m^2}\) column_number_density {:}
    \(n\) number density \(\frac{molec}{m^3}\) number_density {:}
    \(z^{B}(l)\) altitude boundaries (\(l \in \{1,2\}\)) \(m\) altitude_bounds {:,2}

    The pattern : for the dimensions can represent {vertical}, {latitude,longitude}, {latitude,longitude,vertical}, {time}, {time,vertical}, {time,latitude,longitude}, {time,latitude,longitude,vertical}, or no dimensions at all.

    \[n = \frac{c}{\lvert z^{B}(2) - z^{B}(1) \rvert}\]
  11. number density for air component from partial pressure and temperature

    symbol description unit variable name
    \(k\) Boltzmann constant \(\frac{kg m^2}{K s^2}\)  
    \(n_{x}\) number density for air component x (e.g. \(n_{O_{3}}\)) \(\frac{molec}{m^3}\) <species>_number_density {:}
    \(p_{x}\) partial pressure for air component x (e.g. \(p_{O_{3}}\)) \(Pa\) <species>_partial_pressure {:}
    \(T\) temperature \(K\) temperature {:}

    The pattern : for the dimensions can represent {vertical}, {latitude,longitude}, {latitude,longitude,vertical}, {time}, {time,vertical}, {time,latitude,longitude}, {time,latitude,longitude,vertical}, or no dimensions at all.

    \[n_{x} = \frac{p_{x}}{kT}\]
  12. surface number density for total air from surface pressure and surface temperature

    symbol description unit variable name
    \(k\) Boltzmann constant \(\frac{kg m^2}{K s^2}\)  
    \(n_{surf}\) surface number density \(\frac{molec}{m^3}\) surface_number_density {:}
    \(p_{surf}\) surface pressure \(Pa\) surface_pressure {:}
    \(T_{surf}\) surface temperature \(K\) surface_temperature {:}

    The pattern : for the dimensions can represent {vertical}, {latitude,longitude}, {latitude,longitude,vertical}, {time}, {time,vertical}, {time,latitude,longitude}, {time,latitude,longitude,vertical}, or no dimensions at all.

    \[n_{surf} = \frac{p_{surf}}{kT_{surf}}\]