The cross section below shows a sea breeze blowing from the ocean toward the land. The
air pressure at the land surface is
1013 millibars.
The air pressure at the ocean surface a few
miles from the shore is most likely
A) 994 mb
B) 1017 mb
C) 1013 mb
D) 1005 mb

The cross section talked about has been attached.

B: 1017 mb

Explanation:

In explaining sea and land breezes, during the day, the sun usually heats up both the land and ocean surface. Now, Water is a very good absorber of the energy from the sun while the land also absorbs a lot of the sun’s energy. With that being said, water in the ocean gets hot at a much more slower rate than that of land and as a result, the air above the land will be warmer when compared to the air directly above the ocean.

This warm air over the land usually rises all through the day thereby causing low pressure at it's surface. Whereas, high surface pressure will form over the ocean due to it's the colder air.

Thus, the air pressure at the ocean surface is will be more than the given 1013 mb on the land surface and looking at the options, the only one that is more than 1013 mb is 1017 mb

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