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isobar
Sign in to saveline of equal or constant pressure on a graph, plot, or map
In the Vinony graph
Within Vinony's link graph, isobar connects to contour line.
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- contour line
- Part of
- weather map
- Depicts
- atmospheric pressure
- Image
- JMA Weather Chart (Japan) 2019-10-10-1800 JST.png
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- Commons category
- Isobars
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Encyclopedic overview
The bottom part of the diagram shows some contour lines with a straight line running through the location of the maximum value. The curve at the top represents the values along that straight line. A three-dimensional surface, whose contour graph is below. Enhypen
A two-dimensional contour graph of the three-dimensional surface in the above picture.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “isobar” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.