orthometric height


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orthometric height

[¦ȯr·thə¦me·trik ′hīt]
(engineering)
The distance above sea level measured along a plumb line.
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The users need the conversion between the ellipsoidal height and orthometric height in many GPS applications (Seeber, 2003; Fotopoulos, 2003; Erol et al.
Geoid height computation in strip-area projects by using least-squares collocation
The actual orthometric height difference [DELTA]H of point B is the length of the plumb line (passing through the point B) in between the reference surface [W.
Precise levelling data processing near terraced landforms
The topographic relief has a mean orthometric height of about 1000 m.
Accurate gravity anomaly interpolation: a case-study in Cameroon, Central Africa
Data bases with land forms information, topographical density, gravimetric quantities, geoid form and shape, contribute useful to compute the physical parameters on which the orthometric height depends.
On the computation of rigorous orthometric height
Based on a series of GPS measurements made in 2002 on top of peak Bolivar, the highest Venezuelan mountain, and on seven other nearby sites along the Venezuelan Andes, including three other of the highest peaks of the country; and using a recently derived local geoid for Venezuela, the orthometric height of Peak Bolivar, 4978.
Alturas del pico Bolivar y otras cimas andinas venezolanas a partir de observaciones GPS
In many positioning, mapping, and exploration applications, conventional spirit levelling is being replaced by orthometric height determination using GPS and the geoid.
Effect of the GRACE satellite mission on gravity field studies in Fennoscandia and the Baltic Sea region/GRACE-satelliitide moju raskusjouvalja uuringutele Fennoskandia ja Balti mere piirkonnas
iota]], is the normal gravity and H is the orthometric height.
Geoid determination for the area of Poland by the least squares modification of Stokes' formula
where point position is represented by geographical latitude and longitude (B , L), h is ellipsoidal height, H is orthometric height, [N.
DFHRS-based computation of quasi-geoid of Latvia
Comparing equations (1) and (3), the difference between the normal and orthometric height, i.
On some aspects of accuracy of the geopotential model EMG96 at the territory of Canada
The geocentric radius of the earth surface is approximately equal to the geocentric radius of the geoid surface plus the orthometric height [H.
On some numerical aspects of primary indirect topographical effect computation in the Stokes-Helmert theory of geoid determination
A yet further opportunity for injecting error into the whole process can arise from the perceived need to operate in orthometric height systems.
Discussion of the effects of selecting incorrect ellipsoid parameters/Apie efektus, kuriuos sukelia netinkamas elipsoido parametru parinkimas
It is a reference surface in the orthometric height coordinate system.
Quasigeoid on chose areas of investigations geodynamics

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