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Agriculture · Q386

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Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 386

Q386

The Standard sea-level pressure at 45° latitude at a temperature of 15°C is

A.
1013.25 mb
Answer
B.
1025 mb
C.
1031 mb
D.
1031.25 mb

Answer: Option A

Solution

Answer: Option A
Solution:
The standard sea-level pressure at 45 degrees latitude at a temperature of 15 degrees Celsius is 1013.25 mb (millibars).
Meteorologists use a metric unit for pressure called millibar.
The depth of the atmosphere is greatest at sea level and decreases at higher altitudes because more air is pressing down from above.