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Atmospheric Circulation And Weather Systems

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Describe isobars.

Solution

An isobar is an imaginary line drawn through the places which have equal atmospheric pressure reduced to sea level. The spacing of isobars indicates the pressure gradient. The close spacing of isobars expresses the high-pressure gradient and wide spacing of isobars, a low-pressure gradient.

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