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atmospheric pressureor barometric pressureForce per unit area exerted by the air above the surface of the Earth. Standard sea-level pressure, by definition, equals 1 atmosphere (atm), or 29.92 in. (760 mm) of mercury, 14.70 lbs per square in., or 101.35 kilopascals, but pressure varies with elevation and temperature. It is usually measured with a mercury barometer (hence the term barometric pressure), which indicates the height of a column of mercury that exactly balances the weight of the column of atmosphere above it. It may also be measured using an aneroid barometer, in which the action of atmospheric pressure in bending a metallic surface is made to move a pointer. atmospheric pressure [¦at·mə¦sfir·ik ′presh·ər] (physics) The pressure at any point in an atmosphere due solely to the weight of the atmospheric gases above the point concerned. Also known as barometric pressure. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| With respect to the standard RUC40 background field, the LAPS analyses had 20% to 30% smaller errors in the RMS for the temperature and mean sea level pressure (MSLP) fields when using standard data sets only, and up to 60% smaller errors when incorporating the mesonets into the LAPS analyses. |
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