Atmospheric Pressure, Causes, Meaning, Variation

Air pressure is measured with an instrument called a mercury barometer or the aneroid barometer. On maps, places of equal atmospheric pressure are joined together by lines called ISOBARS. Meaning of Atmospheric Pressure Atmospheric pressure is the weight of the volume of air which extends from the ground surface to the outermost …

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Anticyclones: Definition, Formation, Characteristics, Difference Between Cyclone And Anticyclone

Definition of anticyclones Anticyclone which is commonly known as high is a wind system which has highest air pressure at the centre and lowest at the outer margin and winds blow from the centre outward in clockwise direction in the northern hemisphere and anticlockwise in the southern hemisphere; anticyclones are high-pressure systems …

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Evidences of past climate change

Temperatures over the past 10years clearly were the warmest since measured records have been available (Stefan et al., 2003). The year 1998 sticks out well above the long-term trend due to the occurrence of major El Nino events that year (the last El Nino so far and one of the strongest on …

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