Isallobar
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Isallobar is a noun meaning (meteorology) A line joining points of equal pressure change during a specific time interval, especially over three hours.
Meaning
(meteorology) A line joining points of equal pressure change during a specific time interval, especially over three hours.
Example Sentences
If your barometer has dropped 0.05 of an inch in the last three hours, you are on the -0.05 isallobar.
Successive values of pressure provide figures for the barometric tendency, permitting the plotting of isallobars […] This is called tendency analysis.
Seasonal variations of atmospheric pressure are illustrated by the isallobaric chart […] which gives the differences between mean pressure in July–August, and in January–February. The position of the isallobars on this chart is largely indicative of the role of monsoonal factors […]
Word Forms
- isallobars
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include isobar, allobar, isobare, isobront, isohume, isobole.
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