ABSTRACT
This chapter involves meteorological phenomenon of atmospheric pressure. The author begins the chapter with a brief discussion of what atmospheric pressure actually is and the instruments used to measure it. A discussion follows of the need to standardize pressure observations down to sea level and how this is done through mathematics. The final portion of the chapter involves the investigation of the highest recorded adjusted-sea-level pressure observed in Tosontsengel, Mongolia. The chapter concludes with a short interlude of two ‘freakish’ stories, a) a droll story on out-of-the-box thinking involving measuring pressure and b) a strange occurrence of a pressure blowout that occurred during the creation of the New York City subway.
