Chapter 4: Pressure and
Wind
Slide 2
Units of Atmospheric
Pressure
Measurement of Atmos.
Pressure
Pressure Correction for
Elevation
Slide 6
Isobar
Slide 8
Slide 9
Pressure Gradients
Hydrostatic Balance in
the Vertical
What Does Hydrostatic
Balance Tell Us?
The Ideal Gas Law
Hydrostatic Balance and
Atmospheric Vertical Structure
Temperature and Pressure
Wind Changes with Height
Pressure Gradient Force
Balance of Force in the
Horizontal
Force that Determines
Wind
Coriolis Force
Coriolis Force
Coriolis Force Change
with latitudes
Upper Atmospheric Winds
Geostrophic Balance
Upper Atmosphere
Geostrophic Flow
Slide 26
Frictional Force
Surface Winds
Surface Geostrophic Flow
Slide 30
Slide 31
Centrifugal Force
Gradient Wind Balance
Super- and
Sub-Geostrophic Wind
Slide 35
Measuring Winds