Weather: How it Works and why it MattersPerseus Pub., 2000 - 223 pàgines |
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... pressure at sea level is 1,013 millibars , equiva- lent to 29.92 inches , or 76 centimeters , of mercury . The weight of the air directly above weighs this much and thus makes this much pressure . Val- ues higher than 1,050 millibars ...
... pressure at sea level is 1,013 millibars , equiva- lent to 29.92 inches , or 76 centimeters , of mercury . The weight of the air directly above weighs this much and thus makes this much pressure . Val- ues higher than 1,050 millibars ...
Pàgina 201
... pressure . Such instruments , called barome- ters , are available , but even a 30 - inch tube is bulky and expensive . Smaller , cheaper barometers are more ... PRESSURE AND DENSITY Pressure and density APPENDIX I : MASS AND WEIGHT 201.
... pressure . Such instruments , called barome- ters , are available , but even a 30 - inch tube is bulky and expensive . Smaller , cheaper barometers are more ... PRESSURE AND DENSITY Pressure and density APPENDIX I : MASS AND WEIGHT 201.
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... pressure differences can build over short distances . These differences set air into motion ; that is , they cause wind , which tends to equalize pressure differences . The principal pressure gradient spanning the Earth in each ...
... pressure differences can build over short distances . These differences set air into motion ; that is , they cause wind , which tends to equalize pressure differences . The principal pressure gradient spanning the Earth in each ...
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Introduction | 1 |
The Fundamentals of Air | 7 |
Its Not the Heat Its the Heat and the Humidity | 15 |
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