Contour line factors in a weather system. An isobar (from or "baros", meaning 'weight') is a line of equal or constant pressure on a graph, plot, or map; an isopleth or contour line of pressure. More accurately, isobars are lines drawn on a map joining places of equal average atmospheric pressure reduced to sea level for a specified period of time. In meteorology, the barometric pressures shown are reduced to sea level, not the surface pressures at the map locations. The distribution of isobars is closely related to the magnitude and direction of the wind field, and can be used to predict
Desorption atmospheric pressure photoionization began being used in atmospheric pressure experiments in the mid 1980s. Early developments in the desorption of open surface and free matrix experiements were first reported in literature in 1999 in an experiment using desorption/ionization on silicon (DIOS). DAPPI replaced techniques such as desorption electrospray ionization (DESI) and direct analysis in real time (DART). This generation of techniques are all recent developments seen in the 21st century. DESI was discovered in 2004 at Purdue University, while DART was discovered in 2005 by Laramee and Cody. DAPPI was developed soon after in 2007 at the University of Helsinki, Finland. The development