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Title: Density Altitude Formula?
Post by: Strip on March 04, 2010, 11:14:45 AM
Can I compute the corrected density altitude, ie DA corrected for relative humidity?

If I know...

Barometer
Temperature
Humidity

If not what other data do I need to know?

This is going to be going into an excel program and I need to know the formula. Everything I have found online has been calculated as dry air. I have figured out that formula in excel but I want a little more accuracy. Forgive me if I used the wrong terminology though.....

Thanks,
Strip
Title: Re: Density Altitude Formula?
Post by: AKHog on March 04, 2010, 11:47:25 AM
http://tinyurl.com/yjupzq6


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Title: Re: Density Altitude Formula?
Post by: Strip on March 04, 2010, 12:10:01 PM
Always one in the crowd....

This is going to be going into an excel program and I need to know the formula. Everything I have found online has been calculated as dry air.

Again, I need the formula, not a calculator, and the formula needs to be in corrected DA. Everything I found on Google fits only one of those criteria. I have already looked at five of the first ten searches your entry gave me. Two hours of searches later I have five DA formulas, none accounting for humidity though.

Strip
Title: Re: Density Altitude Formula?
Post by: CAP1 on March 04, 2010, 01:30:09 PM
does this help?

http://www.tpub.com/content/aerographer/14269/css/14269_74.htm

or this?


http://www.4wx.com/wxcalc/formulas/densityAltitude.php
Title: Re: Density Altitude Formula?
Post by: batch on March 04, 2010, 03:35:50 PM
the first link is all ya need............ took me 10 seconds to find it ........ has both formulas dry/humid

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=density+humid+air+formula+wiki (http://lmgtfy.com/?q=density+humid+air+formula+wiki)
Title: Re: Density Altitude Formula?
Post by: CAP1 on March 04, 2010, 06:23:45 PM
the first link is all ya need............ took me 10 seconds to find it ........ has both formulas dry/humid

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=density+humid+air+formula+wiki (http://lmgtfy.com/?q=density+humid+air+formula+wiki)

well, i have an idea of what he's lookin for......but i used to have a small "computer" that constantly measured the temp conditions, and it would give me the da,