Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A unit of atmospheric pressure equal to one thousandth (10−3) of a bar. Standard atmospheric pressure at sea level is about 1,013 millibars.
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- noun A non-
SI unit of pressure equal to 100pascals , used primarily to report atmospheric pressure.
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- noun a unit of atmospheric pressure equal to one thousandth of a bar
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Examples
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'millibar'. 1 millibar = 1 / 1000 bar and 1 bar = 1 atm.
About.com Chemistry 2009
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At the same time, what meteorologists call the "1000-500 millibar thicknesses" had demonstrated a similar trend.
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I was noticing that something had changed: the 500 millibar heights seemed to be getting higher.
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Catastrophic burning events are related to the breakdown of the 500 millibar (mb) long-wave ridge [22].
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This one came out of Kessler Airport Base, doing its alpha pattern and it measured 946 millibar low.
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That's about what it was last night, maybe a millibar off.
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That 906 millibar pressure reading was at landfall, making Dean the third most intense landfalling hurricane known in the Atlantic region and the first Category 5 storm at landfall since 1992's Hurricane Andrew.
Chris Mooney: What We Can and Can't Say About Global Warming and Hurricane Dean 2008
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On weather maps, pressure is indicated by drawing isolines of pressure, called isobars, at regular 4 millibar intervals (e.g., 996 mb, 1000 mb, 1004 mb, etc.).
Wind 2008
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They've just found the pressure at the surface has dropped by a millibar, so that's an indication that we're starting to see some strengthening.
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I am assuming that the 906 millibar reading comes with an error so rank ordering should come with a CI.
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