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State the vertical distribution of pressure? |
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Answer» Atmospheric pressure is highest at the sea level and decreasing with increasing of height. It is because the lower layer of the atmosphere has the weight of the entire atmosphere extending over several thousand kilometers. The lowest layer of the atmosphere, troposphere which extends up to 10-16km has 75 percent of the total atmosphere. The atmosphere near the earth’s surface up to an height of only 1km contains 1/10 of the total height. At the sea level atmospheric pressure is 1013.25mb |
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