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THE pressure in the atmosphere at any point is determined by the weight of air above that point, so that pressure changes depend on the three-dimensional field of motion. The relation is normally expressed by the pressure-tendency equation:
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PRIESTLEY, C. Atmospheric Pressure Changes. Nature 158, 914 (1946). https://doi.org/10.1038/158914a0
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