atmospheric pressureand wind- u c c s home（pressureand atmospheric wind- u c c s home）.docVIP

Chapter 5: Atmospheric Pressure and Wind The Impact of Pressure and Wind on the Landscape Pressure has an intimate relationship with wind: spatial variations in pressure are responsible for air movements The Nature of Atmospheric Pressure Intro atmospheric pressure: force exerted by the gas molecules on some area of Earth’s surface or on any other body pressure is omnidirectional atmospheric pressure at sea level = 14.7 pounds/in2 (1 kg/cm2) atmospheric pressure decreases with increasing altitude Factors Influencing Atmospheric Pressure pressure of a gas is proportional to its density and