Fluid Mechanics seventh edition by Frank M. White · Problem 2.24
Pressure Distribution in a Fluid — Frank M. White
Physics — Fluid Mechanics · the-atmosphere
Problem
In Prob. 1.2 we made a crude integration of the density distribution ρ(z) in Table A.6 and estimated the mass of the earth's atmosphere to be m≈6 E18 kg. Can this result be used to estimate sea-level pressure on the earth? Conversely, can the actual sea-level pressure of 101.35 kPa be used to make a more accurate estimate of the atmospheric mass?