 Isothermal pressure-level transit radius (source code)

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= Isothermal pressure-level transit radius

If an isothermal thin atmosphere has surface radius $R_p$, surface pressure $P_0$, and nearly constant gravity, the radius of a pressure level $P$ is
$$
R(P)=R_p+H\log\frac{P_0}{P},
\qquad
H=\frac{k_BT}{\mu m_Hg}.
$$

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