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  Hectopascals? No! No! Never!
That clearly is not the case with hectopascals, since the pascal as a special name for newtons per square metre was not introduced until the 1970s.
To use hectopascals in aviation meteorology is to miss out on one of the major advantages of the International System of Units, not having to learn a whole new set of units for each field of endeavor.
A special problem with the unfamiliarity of hectopascals is the commonly seen misuse of capitalization in the name of this unit.
ourworld.compuserve.com /homepages/Gene_Nygaard/hectopas.htm   (2163 words)

  
 SENSOR_pressure   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
In meteorology the quotient is measured in Hectopascal - formerly also in millimeter mercury - as the unit force of an air column pressing on a surface unit.
Pressure and pressure tendency are the most important meteorological parameters because they give us an idea of the quantity of a high (Anticyclone) or low pressure (Cyclone) systems as well as the movement of these atmospheric systems and the accompanying cold and warm fronts.
Pressure measurement therefore has to be carried out very carefully because already a tenth of Hectopascal causes deformation in the analysis of the pressure field if the measurement is not quite correct.
www.dwd.de /EUMETNET/pressure.htm   (167 words)

  
 Pascal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
After the introduction of SI units, many preferred to preserve the customary pressure figures.
Therefore, meteorologists use hectopascals today for air pressure, which are equivalent to millibars, while similar pressures are given in kilopascals in practically all other fields, where the hecto prefix is hardly ever used.
1 hectopascal (hPa) = 100 Pa = 1 mbar.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pascal   (227 words)

  
 BoM-Bureau of Meteorology - The Aneroid Barometer
For example, if the barometer reads 1020 hectopascals at the sea coast and you drive along a mountain road 325 metres high, the pointer should move down the scale to about 980 hectopascals.
Your barometer will most likely be marked in tens of hectopascals (990, 1000, 1010 etc.) with further graduations given for each hectopascal, which enable it to be read reasonably easily to the nearest half hectopascal.
One hectopascal is exactly equal to one millibar, the unit of pressure mainly used for barometer scales before 1986.
www.bom.gov.au /info/aneroid/aneroid.shtml   (1255 words)

  
 Pressure - Pressure   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
In meteorology today, pressure is not expressed in pounds per square inch, but in a unit known as a hectopascal (hPa) which is the same as the old term millibar.
One hectopascal is a pressure of 1000 dynes per square centimeter, where the dyne is a metric unit of force.
Expressed in hectopascals, the pressure of the atmosphere at sea level is about 1 000 hectopascals, but may vary from about 960 hPa to 1050 hPa.
www.mid-c.com /manmar/Pres0044.htm   (161 words)

  
 Method for increasing the anti-wettability of a body - Patent 6197234
The method of claim 1 wherein the pressure of said nitrogen-containing gas in said treatment enclosure is between 1 hectopascal and 200 hectopascal.
The method of claim 5 wherein the pressure of said nitrogen-containing gas in said treatment enclosure is between 1 hectopascal and 200 hectopascal.
The pressure of the gas in the treatment enclosure is preferably between 1 hectopascal and 200 hectopascals.
www.freepatentsonline.com /6197234.html   (1507 words)

  
 Pascal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
The unit is named after Blaise Pascal, a French mathematician, physicist and philosopher.
Since 1 Pa is a small pressure, the unit hectopascal (symbol hPa) is more widely used, especially in meteorology.
The unit kilopascal (symbol kPa) is also in common use.
factsite.co.uk /en/wikipedia/p/pa/pascal.html   (205 words)

  
 The Daily CIMSS Regional Assimilation System Forecast
A "hectopascal" (hPa), is a unit of measurement used by meteorologists to define pressure levels.
In this case, the 850 hPa level, defines the "middle" portion of the atmosphere (the lower atmosphere being the surface, roughly 1000 hPa, and the upper atmosphere, being less than 300 hPa).
In this case, at the 700 hPa level, the CRAS model outputs windspeed, measured in "knots" (kts), geopotenial height, measured in "millibars" (mb), and Omega, a diagonistic variable that defines the vertical velocity in pressure units.
cimss.ssec.wisc.edu /model/daily/cras63/daily61.def.html   (687 words)

  
 hectopascals
The exceptions are the basic units of length, mass and time, ie the metre, gramme and second.
Following the adoption of the Pascal as the SI unit of pressure, meteorologists chose the hectopascal as the international unit for measuring atmospheric pressure.
(1 hPa = 100 pascals = 1 mb.) The millibar is still often used in weather reports and forecasts for the public, but the term hectopascal is increasingly being used, especially on the Continent in general and France, in particular.
www.franksingleton.clara.net /hectopascals.html   (442 words)

  
 Talk:Cestoda - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The standard unit of atmospheric pressure was the millibar for most of the 20th century, but it is now the hectopascal.
The okra plant had been in the genus Hibiscus for a long time, but is now in another genus called Abelmoschus.
The words in Leading genus had been "correct" when they were written down, but they are now "incorrect" words.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Talk:Cestoda   (1229 words)

  
 International Altimetry   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Forgetting that our altimeters have settings for millibars and hectopascal (which I had only used once in my career, and that was 6 months ago), I asked where the conversion chart was.
Obtaining altimeter settings and landing data closer to the approach segment complicates the task of preparing data for landing at the very time the flight crew may be most fatigued.
The term "hectopascal" is derived partly from the name of a 17th century philosopher and mathematician, and partly from the Greek.
asrs.arc.nasa.gov /directline_issues/dl2_intl.htm   (1384 words)

  
 Candy Mind   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
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www.candymind.com /releaser/CANDY001/candy001.html   (371 words)

  
 Hectopascal Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
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The pascal (symbol: Pa) is the SI unit of pressure.
encyclopedia.localcolorart.com /encyclopedia/Hectopascal   (483 words)

  
 Aerography (meteorology) - tScholars.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Constant-pressure charts are routinely constructed at standard air pressures.
Standard air pressures are 850, 700, 500, 400, 300, 250, and 200 millibars (hectopascals) (hPa) (SI).
Weather charts are sometimes drawn at lower air pressures that occur above 40,000 feet (12 km).
www.tscholars.com /encyclopedia/Aerography_%28Meteorology%29   (153 words)

  
 World War 1 and 2 - Sea-level pressure
Sea-level pressure values are used to draw weather maps called "surface charts," which are the commonplace weather maps that may be seen on the Internet and on television stations.
Average sea-level pressure is 29.923 inches of mercury (Hg) or 1013.2 millibars (1013.2 hectopascals) (hPa) (SI).
Sea-level pressure is transmitted around the world in millibars (hectopascals).
www.worldwardiary.com /history/Sea-level_pressure   (225 words)

  
 This article is about the unit of pressure for other...
The unit is named after Blaise Pascal Blaise Pascal, a French mathematician, physicist and philosopher.
Since 1 Pa is a small pressure, the unit "hectopascal" (symbol "hPa") is more widely used, especially in meteorology meteorology.
:1 hectopascal = 100 pascal = 1 millibar millibar :1 kilopascal = 1000 pascal = 10 hectopascal Standard atmospheric pressure is 101,325 Pa = 101.325 kPa = 1013.25 hPa = 1013.25 mbar.
www.biodatabase.de /pascal   (202 words)

  
 Circulars Obs_1_00 - Circulars - [Meteorological Service of Canada - The Green Lane]
Transcribe the MSL pressure obtained from the data entry screen in hectopascal and tenths with the initial 9 or 10 and the decimal point omitted, e.g., record 1013.2 hPa as 132; record 990.6 hPa as 906.
Enter the atmospheric pressure, reduced to sea-level, in hectopascal and tenths with the initial 9 or 10 and the decimal point omitted, e.g., record 1013.2 hPa as 132; record 990.6 hPa as 906.
Enter the last 3 digits of the station pressure using hectopascal and tenths in the column labeled stn.
www.msc-smc.ec.gc.ca /msb/circulars/obs/obs_1_2000/html/obs_1_2000_e.html   (1672 words)

  
 Yachting Monthly - Pratical Seamanship - Feeling the pressure
Question: In French weather forecasts I hear or see the word hectoPascal used for units of pressure.
Therefore, one millibar = 100 Pascals or one hectoPascal.
The UK Met Office uses hPa professionally but has so far retained millibar for use in general public forecasts.
www.ybw.com /ym/pract/31601623.htm   (171 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
* * Input parameters (note that pressures are given in hectoPascal units): * latitude - geodetic latitude (degree) * ellip_ht - height above ellipsoid (meter) * pressure - surface pressure (hPa, i.e.
k3*(k2+sigma**2)/((k2-sigma**2)**2)) * computation of the hydrostatic component - Equation (26) * caution: pressure in hectoPascal units fcul_zhd = 2.416579d-3*fh*pressure/f * dispersion equation for the non-hydrostatic component - Equation (32) fnh = 0.003101d0*(w0+3.0*w1*sigma**2 +.
5.0*w2*sigma**4+7.0*w3*sigma**6) * computation of the non-hydrostatic component - Equation (38) * caution: pressure in hectoPascal units fcul_zwd = 1.d-4*(5.316d0*fnh-3.759*fh)*wvp/f * compute the zenith total delay fcul_ztd = fcul_zhd + fcul_zwd return end
ilrs.gsfc.nasa.gov /docs/fcul_ztd_hPa.F_RSG.txt   (136 words)

  
 HP Suction System   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Optional wedge shaped suction platen for in-situ treatments, 70 mm x 70 mm by a maximum thickness of 14 mm and a minimum thickness on 3 edges of 2.5 mm.
A pump generating a vacuum of -970 hectopascal at the suction surface and a maximum of 6.6 litres per second.
The vacuum is controlled from the panel and is displayed in hectopascal on an LCD digital meter.
robinhodgsonandassociate.cmon.com.au /Suctionsys.htm   (404 words)

  
 Met Office: Interpreting weather maps
Meteorologists measure pressure in units of millibars (mb), though instruments sometimes give pressures in terms of inches of mercury.
The term hectopascal (hPa) is often used instead of millibar, where 1 millibar equals 1 hectopascal.
In the British Isles the average sea-level pressure is about 1013 mb (about 30 inches of mercury), and it is rare for pressure to rise above 1050 mb or fall below 950 mb.
www.metoffice.com /education/secondary/students/weathermaps.html   (1491 words)

  
 hectopascal - OneLook Dictionary Search
We found 3 dictionaries with English definitions that include the word hectopascal:
Tip: Click on the first link on a line below to go directly to a page where "hectopascal" is defined.
Hectopascal (hPa) : Pilot magazine A to Z of Aviation Jargon [home, info]
www.onelook.com /?w=hectopascal   (89 words)

  
 Glossary of weather terms
One hectopascal equals 100 Pascals (1 hPa = 100 Pa)
Old unit of pressure, now replaced by the hectopascal.
SI unit of pressure defined as the pressure which applied on a plane area of one square metre, exerts perpendicularly at this surface a total force of one newton.
www.r-p-r.co.uk /glossary.htm   (416 words)

  
 KPa   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
It is equivalentto one newton per square metre.The unit is named after Blaise Pascal, a French mathematician, physicistand philosopher.
Since 1 Pa is a small pressure, the unit hectopascal (symbol hPa) is more widely used,especially in meteorology.
The unit kilopascal (symbolkPa) is also in common use.
www.therfcc.org /kpa-344229.html   (218 words)

  
 Experimentarium • Science • Articles • Dynamic Earth 1 • Air pressure is ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
It consists of a glass plunger that moves according to changes in the air pressure.
Aneroid barometers measure air pressure in units called hectopascal, hPa.
The old term, millibar, is also equal to 1 hPa.
www.experimentarium.dk /uk/naturvidenskab_og_teknik/artikler/artikel.146.html   (181 words)

  
 Lecture: Pressure as an Element of Weather, Dr. Rodrigue
The unit of force measurement is the millibar (mb), sometimes (and increasingly) called the hectoPascal.
One mb = 0.01 Pa, so, since 1/100 of a Pascal is a hectoPascal, 1 mb = 1 hPa.
Come away familiar with the different ways air pressure is expressed (units of mercury, weight, force, and that millibars and hectoPascals are the same thing).
www.csulb.edu /~rodrigue/geog140/lectures/pressure.html   (6201 words)

  
 Mazda Forums - CHECK ! what is hkP on the Blitz DTT
OK to shorten ur time here, I have found out that the hkPa is a combo of two deferent metric measurements.
Why the UK has to use some dumb ass shit like this is beyond me.
Like one our fellow members had said or told me about the mesrument, was that That scale was called hectopascal and well you know the other one (PSI) anyway I put my numbers in and came up with something like 0.0102977 psi from a -.71 hkPa !
www.msprotege.com /forum/printthread.php?t=43079&pp=40   (1134 words)

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