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Does the air have tides?

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Chapter Weather in Space

Strangely enough, yes. Just as with water, the atmosphere can be affected by the Moon’s tug on the Earth, so that air pressure can change in air masses daily. The changes are very small, though—about one or two millibars—and these changes are mostly seen only in equatorial zones.

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