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  2. Barometric formula - Wikipedia

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    Pressure as a function of the height above the sea level. There are two equations for computing pressure as a function of height. The first equation is applicable to the atmospheric layers in which the temperature is assumed to vary with altitude at a non null lapse rate of : = [,, ()] ′, The second equation is applicable to the atmospheric layers in which the temperature is assumed not to ...

  3. Geographic coordinate conversion - Wikipedia

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    Geographic coordinate conversion has applications in cartography, surveying, navigation and geographic information systems. In geodesy, geographic coordinate conversion is defined as translation among different coordinate formats or map projections all referenced to the same geodetic datum. [1] A geographic coordinate transformation is a ...

  4. Flight level - Wikipedia

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    Therefore, a pressure altitude of 32,000 ft (9,800 m) is referred to as "flight level 320". In metre altitudes the format is Flight Level xx000 metres. Flight levels are usually designated in writing as FLxxx , where xxx is a two- or three-digit number indicating the pressure altitude in units of 100 feet (30 m).

  5. Douglas sea scale - Wikipedia

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    The scale. The Douglas sea scale, also called the "international sea and swell scale", was devised in 1921 [1] by Captain H. P. Douglas, who later became vice admiral Sir Percy Douglas and hydrographer of the Royal Navy. Its purpose is to estimate the roughness of the sea for navigation.

  6. Height above mean sea level - Wikipedia

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    Height above mean sea level. Height above mean sea level is a measure of a location's vertical distance (height, elevation or altitude) in reference to a vertical datum based on a historic mean sea level. In geodesy, it is formalized as orthometric height. The zero level varies in different countries due to different reference points and ...

  7. Geopotential height - Wikipedia

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    Geopotential is the gravitational potential energy per unit mass at elevation : where is the acceleration due to gravity, is latitude, and is the geometric elevation. [1] Geopotential height may be obtained from normalizing geopotential by the acceleration of gravity: where = 9.80665 m/s 2, the standard gravity at mean sea level. [4]

  8. Sea state - Wikipedia

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    Sea State 5 and 8 range. In oceanography, sea state is the general condition of the free surface on a large body of water—with respect to wind waves and swell —at a certain location and moment. A sea state is characterized by statistics, including the wave height, period, and spectrum. The sea state varies with time, as the wind and swell ...

  9. Biblical and Talmudic units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    Area varies between 24 and 34.5 m 2 (258–372 ft 2) "Beit seah" ( Hebrew : בית סאה ) - (pl. batei seah ) space for sowing a seah 576 to 829.5 m 2 (689-992 yd 2 ) "Beit kor" ( Hebrew : בית כור ) - (pl. batei kor ) space for sowing a kor of seed, or what is 30 seah in volume; the area needed is appx. 1.73 to 2.48 hectares (4.27-6.15 ...