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    ...its value is almost the same as the 500mb geopotential height?

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  • Location: Dorset
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    I've figured this out for myself. The thickness value has a "pure" relationship to the temperature and water content of the air, whereas the geopotential height is "adulterated" by the influence of the mean sea level pressure.

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