[THE NATURE OF]

PRESSURE AND WIND

J.T. II Olivar, MAEd
Faculty of Arts and Letters
University of Santo Tomas
 Outline of the Lecture
 The Impact of Pressure
 Wind and Pressure
 The Nature of Atmospheric Pressure
 Standard Atmospheric Pressure
 Pressure, Density, and Temperature
 Wind and Pressure
 Winds are Horizontal Flows of Air
 Pressure describes the tendency of
air to rise or to sink
 The impact of pressure
and wind on the landscape
is significant but indirect
 The Nature of Atmospheric
Pressure
 Gas molecules
 The pressure of the gas is defined as
the force the gas exerts on some
specified area.
 Atmospheric pressure is the force
exerted by the gas molecules on
some area of Earth’s surface or any
other body.
 [Standard] Atmospheric
Pressure
 [At sea level] 14.7 psi
 1013.2 millibars (mb)
 29.92 in. of Mercury (Hg)
 Slightly more than 1 kilogram per
square centimetre.
 Pressure, Density, and
Temperature
 How is atmospheric pressure related
to the density and temperature of
the atmosphere?
 Pressure and Density
 Density is the amount of matter in a
unit volume.
 Gas density changes so easily.
 The density of gas is proportional to
the pressure on it.