[RegCNET] ~~~~~~~an enquery about geopotential height~~~~~~~~~`

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http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O16-geopotentialheight.html

geopotential height A measure of the altitude of a point or layer in the 
atmosphere. Technically, it is expressed in terms of the potential energy 
between the point and sea level, which depends upon the exact acceleration 
of gravity at.....

  On Thu, 8 Apr 2010, Suman Maity wrote:

> dear all,
> myself suman maity.i have a question regarding "geopotential height".
> the question is when we are plotting the geopotential height of a particular
> level
> (say 500hPa or 300 mb) then what meteorological information we can get from
> that plot?
> that means i want to know what is the reason for plotting geopotential
> height?
>
>
> please answer.it's urgent.
>
>
>
> suman maity
>