True Altitude

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true altitude [′trü ′al·tə‚tüd]

(meteorology)

corrected altitude

True Altitude

(also, absolute altitude), in geodesy, the distance along a vertical from a given point on the surface of the earth to sea level. It is determined by leveling. In the USSR, true altitude is calculated from zero on the depth gauge in Kronstadt.

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