As a meteorologist, millibar is nostalgic, metric and easy to say. However, atmospheric pressure should be given in kPa to be consistent with other systems which involve pressure to avoid conversion ( shifting a decimal point), for safety reasons and to improve understanding in the relationship to other systems involving pressure. I know this is not the prevalent view, but let's get on the same page of understanding.
Regards, Stan Doore ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian J White" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, September 06, 2003 9:36 PM Subject: [USMA:26885] Re: Non-SI metric units > > >The name of the millibar should be changed to the hectopascal, which is a > >multiple of the SI derived unit the pascal. > > This (to me) is somewhat of a shame as I always liked bar.....and in > particular millibar sounds infinately better than hectopascal. > >
