Thursday, April 8, 2010

Isobars


This image is a Isobararic Map of the United States. This Isobaric map has Isobars (yellow solid lines) that show air pressure variation. Isobars are similar to contour lines, in that the closer in proximity that they are to each other the greater the wind pressure.

This Image was taken from: http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.solcomhouse.com/images/isobar.gif&imgrefurl=http://www.solcomhouse.com/windpower.htm&usg=__GMFCNznUDX7ICEmR-scnyUi_8ps=&h=768&w=1024&sz=228&hl=en&start=12&itbs=1&tbnid=aJWm3wdwSLmAgM:&tbnh=113&tbnw=150&prev=/images%3Fq%3Disobar%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG%26gbv%3D2%26ndsp%3D18%26tbs%3Disch:1

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