Sentence examples for measure altitude from inspiring English sources

Because atmospheric pressure changes with distance above or below sea level, a barometer can also be used to measure altitude.

As they climbed, Humboldt fumbled out his instruments with numb fingers, setting them upon precariously narrow ledges to measure altitude, gravity and humidity.

It's the only device that can measure altitude and track for a continuous 5 days on a single battery charge.

This new G-SHOCK watch is equipped to measure altitude, barometric pressure as well as air temperature.

Using a second instrument on the satellite, one that measures altitude, Dr. Andrew Shepherd, a research fellow at the Center for Polar Observation and Modeling at University College London, came to similar conclusions.

An observed phase difference is, in fact, consistent with a large set of discrete altitudes, but in practice such radio altimeters are used in connection with instrument landing systems for measuring altitude and rate of descent during the last few seconds before touchdown.

For each study area, we also measured altitude, climate, soil type, fragment patch metrics, cattle presence, and tree component structure.

Capable of measuring altitude at five-second intervals, the watch is able to handle altitude changes over very short intervals of time, a useful function for sports enthusiasts involved in rock climbing, mountain biking, and back country skiing.

On top of the Mutli-Band 6 Atomic Timekeeping (extra station in China and receives signals up to six times a day) and Tough Solar technologies, the Riseman measures altitude, barometric pressure and temperature.

(a) Yaw command, (b) Pitch command, (c) Roll command, (d) Measured yaw property, (e) Measured pitch property, (f) Measured roll property, (g) Measured altitude property.

At the landscape scale we measured altitude above sea level and forest fragmentation in a radius of 1000 m around seven areas.