The atmospheric pressure maps and the instruments of measuring the atmospheric pressure

The atmospheric envelope of the Earth

 

You should know that the Earth is surrounded by a gaseous envelope known as the atmospheric air or the atmospheric envelope which is a gaseous envelope rotating with the Earth around its axis , and it extends about 1000 km above the sea level  .

 

You should know that the atmospheric air causes the pressure on all the living organisms , and the non - living things on the Earth's surface . This pressure is known as the atmospheric pressure .

 

 The atmospheric pressure

 

You should know that the atmospheric pressure is the weight of the air column of an atmosphere height on a unit area  , and it is measured by a unit called a bar or millibar .

1 bar = 1000 millibar ( mb ) .

The normal atmospheric pressure is the atmospheric pressure at the sea level and it equals 1013.25 mb .

 

You should know that the atmospheric pressure differs from one place to another according to some effects , And the change of the height from the sea level is one of these effects .

 

You should notice that 50 % of the mass of the atmospheric air is present in the area between the sea level and 3 km height , and 90 % of the mass of the atmospheric air is present  up to 16 km height above the sea level . The density of the air decreases by increasing the elevation above the sea level .

The relation between the altitude above the sea level and the pressure .

The atmospheric pressure instruments

 

You should know that the atmospheric pressure is measured by the barometers , One of these baromters is Aneroid which is a type of the barometers that is used to determine the possible day weather .

Anderoid is used to determine the possible day weather .

The Altimeter is an instrument that used by the pilots in the  aeroplanes to measure the elevation from the sea level based on the atmospheric pressure .

The Altimeter is used by the pilots in the aeroplanes .

The atmospheric pressure maps 

 

There are curved lines that join the  points of the equal pressure in the atmospheric pressure maps which is known as Isobar .

There are points of equal pressure that are joined by curved lines known as Isobar .

You should know that the wind moves from the areas of the high atmospheric pressure to the areas of the low atmospheric pressure .