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970 hPa
1000 ft
W 980 hPa
C
A
O
R 990 hPa
L
500 ft M
D
1000 hPa
A
1010 hPa A
I B
0 I
A
R Variation of pressure
P0=1013 hPa
with height
R
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RELATIONSHIP OF PRESSURE AND
HEIGHT cont..
• In accordance to ISA, increase of height corresponding to fall of pressure of 1
hPa for any particular values of pressure and temperature can be given by:
– Height difference in feet for 1 hPa change of pressure = 96T/P
– change of 1 hPa is roughly equivalent to a height interval of 27 feet at 1000 hPa,
50 feet at 500 hPa and 100 feet at 200 hPa.
• To express the difference between the heights h1, and h2 in terms of the
corresponding pressures P1 and P2. When the temperature T is constant may
be shown as below:-
– h2-h1=221.1 T(log P1 - log P2)