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- noun metrology Symbol for the
millibar , anSI unit ofatmospheric pressure equal to 10−3bars .
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Atmospheric air pressure is often expressed in millibars and sea level atmospheric air pressure is defined as 1013.25 mbar which is equivalent to 1 atm.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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By comparison, the pressure today is about 1019 mbar.
HUFFPOST HILL - JULY 27TH, 2010 The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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By comparison, the pressure today is about 1019 mbar.
HUFFPOST HILL - JULY 27TH, 2010 The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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By comparison, the pressure today is about 1019 mbar.
HUFFPOST HILL - JULY 27TH, 2010 The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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By comparison, the pressure today is about 1019 mbar.
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Why does the troposphere pressure greater than 200 mbar get colder as altitude increases?
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If the pressure of Titan were 1000 mbar, its temperature would be about -267 °C.
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Re:#298 – But hey, bogocane Chantal was the strrrongesssst cane this season with unbelievable 994 mbar, 50 mph and 0,608 ACE!
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The atmospheric pressure measured at the two Viking sites varied over a Martian year between 7 and 10 millibars 1 bar is Earth sea-level atmospheric pressure, or 14.7 psi; 10 millibar, or mbar, is 1 percent Earth sea-level atmospheric pressure, with a year-round average of about 8 mbar observed at the higher altitude Viking 1 landing site on Chryse Planitia.
The Case for Mars Robert Zubrin 1996
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However, if the polar temperature should rise to a point where the vapor pressure is much greater than that which can be produced by the mass in the cap reservoir between 50 and 100 mbar then the cap will disappear and the atmosphere will be regulated by the regolith reservoir.
The Case for Mars Robert Zubrin 1996
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