local vertical

local vertical

[′lō·kəl ′vərd·ə·kəl]
(navigation)
A reference direction determined through the use of a plumb-bob or level.
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Overall, the two schemes reveal a typical variation of local vertical mixing strengths in response to a diurnal variation of solar heating.
The Performance of a Scale-Aware Nonlocal PBL Scheme for the Subkilometer Simulation of a Deep CBL over the Taklimakan Desert
Zakrzhevskii proposed a tether length control law based on the change-of-angular-momentum theorem to deploy a tethered space system along the local vertical [10].
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4 June 2014 - US pumps and related equipment specialist The Gorman-Rupp Company (NYSEMKT:GRC) said its wholly-owned subsidiary, National Pump Company (NPC), had bought local vertical turbine pumping systems firm Bayou City Pump Inc (BCP) for an undisclosed sum.
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Amos, M.J.: 2007, Quasigeoid Modelling in New Zealand to Unify Multiple Local Vertical Datums.
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The most important problem for setting up the Geoid-Based Vertical Reference System is to determine a geopotential value [W.sub.0] of the local geoid that best fits local mean sea level at the Zero Tide Gauge Station, from which local vertical datum can be defined.
Estimating the geopotential value [W.sub.0] of the local Geoid based on data from local and global normal heights of GPS/leveling points in Vietnam
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The latitudes were found from stars near the zenith whose positions were measured by means of an instrument called a "zenith sector", and referred to the local vertical through the use of a plumb line.
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Then the offset angle of the threat from the local vertical at the aircraft is given by the following:
EW Applications of Spherical Trigonometry
Figure 11 presents local vertical velocity vectors of the ASG-EUPOS sites in ITRF2005 frame determined on the basis of daily solutions using CATREF.
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