Scale height

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  • Scale Height
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  • A distance over which a quantity decreases by a factor of e
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  • H
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Abstract from DBPedia
    In atmospheric, earth, and planetary sciences, a scale height, usually denoted by the capital letter H, is a distance (vertical or radial) over which a physical quantity decreases by a factor of e (the base of natural logarithms, approximately 2.718).

    スケールハイト（英語: Scale height）とは、大気力学においてある量が指数関数的に減少するときの距離を表す量である。

    (Source: http://dbpedia.org/resource/Scale_height)