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Q: How does atmospheric pressure change with altitude?

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Last update 2021.11.18

Atmospheric pressure is the weight of the air column over a certain area of the earth’s surface, and the higher we go, the lower the atmospheric pressure, because the weight of the air column decreases, and the more we go down, the weight of the air column increases, and the atmospheric pressure rises.

How does atmospheric pressure change with altitude?

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