isopycnic level

Posted on October 4, 2007 by geo3

Specifically, a level surface in the atmosphere, at about 5 miles (8 kilometers) altitude, where the air density is approximately constant in space and time; this level corresponds to the maximum upper-tropospheric interdiur-nal pressure variation.

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