1: Relate barometric pressure to weather forecasting. How is it or haw can it be used in weather forecasting?

2: Discuss the importance of wind systems to your weather patterns in general and to your local environment, for instance, if your love on east or west coast or on the central plains of USA.

3: Describe the importance of isobars (lines of equal pressure) on a weather map. Differentiate between pressure gradient and geostrophic winds.

4: Discuss the relevance of geostrophic flow (currents) in oceanography.

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1 The barometric pressure is a function of the amount of air that passes over a given area The barometric pressure will therefore have a rapid change as the altitude changes As a result of rapid chang... View the full answer