Republic of the Philippines

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Region XII
Division of Sarangani
East Alabel District
ALABEL CENTRAL INTEGRATED SPED CENTER
Rey Genosa Jr.

4th year- FL

Geraldine Jancinal

January 08, 2015

PHYSICS

What is a barometer?
A barometer is a scientific instrument used in meteorology to measure atmospheric
pressure. Pressure tendency can forecast short term changes in the weather. Numerous
measurements of air pressure are used within surface weather analysis to help find
surface troughs, high pressure systems and frontal boundaries.
Barometers and pressure altimeters (the most basic and common type of altimeter) are
essentially the same instrument, but used for different purposes. An altimeter is intended
to be transported from place to place matching the atmospheric pressure to the
correspondingaltitude, while a barometer is kept stationary and measures subtle pressure
changes caused by weather. The main exception to this isships at sea, which can use a
barometer because their elevation does not change. Due to the presence of weather
systems, aircraftaltimeters may need to be adjusted as they fly between regions of varying
normalized atmospheric pressure.
What is pressure?

Pressure is defined as force per unit area. It is usually more convenient to use pressure
rather than force to describe the influences upon fluid behavior. The standard unit for
pressure is the Pascal, which is a Newton per square meter.
For an object sitting on a surface, the force pressing on the surface is theweight of the
object, but in different orientations it might have a different area in contact with the
surface and therefore exert a different pressure.
What is the relevance of air pressure in typhoon?

Air pressure is the force exerted on you by the weight of tiny particles of air
(air molecules). Although air molecules are invisible, they still have weight and take
up space. Since there's a lot of "empty" space between air molecules, air can be
compressed to fit in a smallervolume.
When it's compressed, air is said to be "under high pressure". Air at sea level is what
we're used to, in fact, we're so used to it that we forget we're actually feeling air
pressure all the time!
Weather forecasters measure air pressure with abarometer. Barometers are used to
measure the current air pressure at a particular location in "inches of mercury" or in
"millibars" (mb). A measurement of 29.92 inches of mercury is equivalent to 1013.25
millibars.