I would like some information about isotherms and isobars. I am doing a long term project on them. I am taking temperatures of my back yard for thirty days. Thanks.
Isotherms and isobars are two terms that weather people use a lot. Have
you ever seen a weather map that shows the temperatures across the
country? Sometimes it's hard to see a large pattern by just looking at
individual temperatures. To make things easier, we draw lines between places
that have the same temperature. These are called isotherms, which is a
combination of two words--"iso", which means equal, and "therm", which
means temperature. Isotherms are lines of equal temperature. You can
think of isobars the same way, except that "bar" means pressure. Isobars
are lines of equal pressure.
Submitted by Dan (New York, USA)
(May 22, 1998)
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