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what is hectoPascAltimeter


what is hectoPascAltimeter, is it air pressure in mbars?

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Solution

  • A Pascal as the SI pressure measurement: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pascal_(unit)

    "In everyday life, the pascal is perhaps best known from meteorological barometric pressure reports, where it occurs in the form of hectopascals (1 hPa ≡ 100 Pa"