The term pressure gradient refers to:
A) change in pressure at a weather station over 3 hours time.
B) change in pressure along a horizontal surface.
C) change in pressure from the tropopause to sea level.
D) highest and lowest pressures at a station.
E) change in wind speed at the same station.
B
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