Sentence examples for measuring the elevation from inspiring English sources

Now, by measuring the elevation at various points, he could calculate the glacier's thickness.

Hypsometry, the science of measuring the elevation and depth of features on Earth's surface with respect to sea level.

"Along with a number of students, I have spent many a fine afternoon standing on Manhattan's large, glacially scratched outcrops, wherever we could find them, measuring the elevation with a barometric altimeter and their position with a GPS device".

The tsunami flow height was estimated by measuring the elevation of debris found in trees, broken tree limbs, or water marks on buildings.

Measuring the elevation in PAOP using right heart catheterization was first proposed as a means of diagnosing weaning failure of cardiac origin.

Structure light interferometry was chosen to measure the elevation of the tows exhibiting the buckling defect all along its growth.

The MOLA instrument aboard the Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) has measured the elevation of the Martian topography based on the return times of laser pulses.

They measured the elevation of those encrustations, which were deposited like bathtub rings that mark high- and low-water levels, and then dated those deposits using the radioactive decay of traces of uranium into thorium isotopes.

We measured the elevation of the paleoshoreline angle and/or inner edge of coral platforms from the tide level at the time of survey, then corrected for mean sea level at the nearest tide gauge station (i.e., Currimao).

The only difference between the two radars, which is important for further consideration, is that the Ekaterinburg radar has no interferometer phased-array and it does not measure the elevation angle.

However, a total of 64 wells will be drilled, the extra wells to be used as piezometers to measure the elevation of the water.