surface_air_pressure
completeCreated: July 6, 2017
Proposer: Alison Pamment
Proposed Date: 2017-07-04
Change Date: July 6, 2017, 12:57 a.m.
Term: surface_air_pressure
Unit: Pa
Unit ref:
AMIP: ps
GRIB: E134
The surface called "surface" means the lower boundary of the atmosphere.
Change Date: July 6, 2017, 12:59 a.m.
Term: surface_air_pressure
Unit: Pa
Unit ref: PASX
AMIP: ps
GRIB: E134
The surface called "surface" means the lower boundary of the atmosphere. Air pressure is the force per unit area which would be exerted when the moving gas molecules of which the air is composed strike a theoretical surface of any orientation.