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    METR 201: Physical Processes Dr.

    Dave Dempsey
    in the Atmosphere

    Physical Quantities: Dimensions and Units

    Quantities Dimensions MKS and CGS Units

    MKS: kilograms (kg)


    mass mass
    CGS: grams (gm or g)

    distance, depth, length, MKS: meters (m)


    distance
    height, width CGS: centimeters (cm)

    time time seconds (sec or s)

    temperature temperature Kelvin (K) and


    Centigrade (degrees C)

    MKS: m2
    area distance × distance CGS: cm2
    distance × distance
    volume × distance
    MKS: m3
    (i.e., distance3) CGS: cm3

    mass/volume MKS: kg/m3


    density (i.e., mass/distance3) CGS: gm/cm3
    speed; velocity (motion) MKS: m/s
    (rate of change of distance/time
    CGS: cm/s
    position)

    acceleration
    (distance/time)/time
    (rate of change of an MKS: m/s2
    object’s velocity with CGS: cm/s2
    respect to time) (i.e., distance/time2)

    force
    (“push” or “pull” that can
    change an object’s mass × acceleration MKS: kg × m/s2
    (Newton)
    motion) or
    CGS: gm × cm/s2
    (Note that weight is just a mass × distance/time2
    special case of a force— (dyne)
    the force of gravity)

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    METR 201: Physical Processes Dr. Dave Dempsey
    in the Atmosphere

    Quantities
    Dimensions MKS and CGS Units
    (cont’d)

    pressure force/area
    (collective force exerted or MKS: N/ m2
    by random molecular col- (mass or (kg × m/s2)/m2
    (Pascal)
    lisions against each unit of × distance/time2)/area
    area of an object’s or
    surroundings) energy/volume CGS: dyne/cm2
    work MKS: Newton x m
    (force times distance over force × distance or kg × m2/s2
    which the force is applied or or Pa × m3
    to an object as the object mass × acceleration (Joule)
    moves under the influence × distance
    of the force); or CGS: dyne × cm
    energy pressure × volume or gm × cm2/s2
    (the capacity to do work) (erg)
    energy/time MKS: J/s
    power or or N × m/s
    (energy transferred or force × distance/time or kg × (m/s2) x m/s
    gained or lost per unit or (Watt)
    time) force × velocity
    etc. CGS: erg/s
    energy flux (energy/time)/area
    or MKS: (J/s)/m2
    (rate at which energy is force or W/m2
    transferred, absorbed, or
    × (distance/time)/area
    lost per unit time per unit etc. CGS: (erg/s)/cm2
    surface area)

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