number density derivations
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.
\[n_{x} = \frac{\rho_{x}N_{A}}{10^{-3}M_{x}}\]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.
\[n = \frac{\rho N_{A}}{10^{-3}M_{air}}\]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.
\[n = \frac{p}{kT}\]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.
\[n_{x} = \nu_{x}n\]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.
\[n_{x} = \bar{\nu}_{x}n_{dry\_air}\]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.
\[n_{x} = \frac{c_{x}}{\lvert z^{B}(2) - z^{B}(1) \rvert}\]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.
\[n = n_{dry\_air} + n_{H_{2}O}\]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.
\[n_{dry\_air} = n - n_{H_{2}O}\]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.
\[n_{H_{2}O} = n - n_{dry\_air}\]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.
\[n = \frac{c}{\lvert z^{B}(2) - z^{B}(1) \rvert}\]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.
\[n_{x} = \frac{p_{x}}{kT}\]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.
\[n_{surf} = \frac{p_{surf}}{kT_{surf}}\]