Sentence examples for zero elevation from inspiring English sources

Because mean sea level is not quite the same as the geoid, probably because of ocean currents, in adjusting the level grid for the United States and Canada all heights determined for mean sea level have been held at zero elevation.

The global sea level is then used as the point of zero elevation and becomes our reference point for determining heights of mountains, the depths of trenches, and even altitudes of objects in space.

To obtain the inundation height profiles, discrete cells containing zero elevation were set up along the coastline and peak values were extracted within individual cells.

As a result, the maximum phase shift (observed at zero elevation), Ψ max = kd cos ϕ, lies between 6π and 10π, while instrumentally the phase can only be measured between −π and +π. Figure 2 shows the relationship between elevation and phase shift for central beams (φ = 0) at the typical Hokkaido East frequency of 11 MHz.

At this point, the French 4th Colonial Artillery Regiment entered the fight, setting its 105 mm howitzers to zero elevation and firing directly on the Viet Minh attackers, blasting huge holes in their ranks.

Like: it's completely fucking vacant, and you'll want to replace the curtains and carpets and tear that 70s-style brick fireplace out, and the bathroom is quite small, and there is absolutely zero elevation in the place – there are no stairs – but it's fine, isn't it.

Two Elevation partners — Fred Anderson, Apple's former chief financial officer, and Roger McNamee, a longtime Silicon Valley investor — will also join the board, succeeding Eric Benhamou and D. Scott Mercer.

You have a ground plane and then an elevation of about 16 metres, so it's a bit like you have two elevation planes within one field".

Finally, the two elevation map components are merged to obtain the computed shape results.

All the six elevation data for each county were mosaicked using ERDAS Mosaic Pro.

combinations of eight elevation angles as used for single-satellite analysis.