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Old 13th Mar 2014, 17:52
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I've always wondered how we get from 29.92 to a 1013.25 baseline myself.
29.92 is inches of mercury, whereas 1013.25 is mbar (obsolete unit).

1 bar = pressure exerted by a force of 1 kilogram-force over a unit surface area of 1 square centimeter.

The official pressure unit is now the Pascal : 1 Newton over 1 square meter, hence 1 bar = 100 000 Pascal, 1mbar (millibar) = 100 Pascal aka 1 hPa (hectopascal)
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