气象学与气候学chp306.pptVIP

3.2 Winds– Air Horizontal Motions 3.2.1 Air pressures 3.2.2 Forces and their effects 3.2.3 Air motion equations 3.2.4 Winds--horizontal motions of the air 3.2.1 Air pressures (1) Definition Pressure: a force per unit area Air pressure: air weight above per unit area in an air column. Sea level: 1013.25hPa, 760mmHg for standard atmosphere 3.2.1 Air pressures (2) Measurement Unit: millibar(mb) 100New/m2 Mercury barometer, 1643, Torricelli, a student of the famous Italian scientist Galileo Aneroid barometer Barographs 3.2.1 Air pressures (3) Affecting factors Temperature Density