For extra-precise climb and descent data, they incorporate a barometric altimeter to pinpoint changes in elevation.
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As we climbed, he would occasionally show us the altimeter strapped to his wrist.
Example: Every student pilot learns how to read an altimeter during the first lesson.
The measurements were recorded via a radar altimeter onboard the European Space Agency's (Esa) Envisat satellite.
Prof Laxon solved the problem of separating ice from water in the satellite altimeter signal.
It uses gyroscopes an an altimeter comparable to what you might find in an iPhone.
The US space agency satellite uses a laser altimeter to measure the elevation of the ice sheets.
With every pulse, the altimeter gave a loud beep, and then a fainter beep as the echo returned.
The FAA's depiction of an altimeter in its test booklet looks like no altimeter seen in any flying machine.
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Jeremiah Owyang, an analyst at Altimeter Group, a digital-media consulting firm, says that would close off all lines of communication.
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They continue to ask basic altimeter questions on their tests--Which drawing shows 8, 500 feet? and so on--but with a cruel twist.
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The device also has a built-in altimeter that senses stairs climbed, making Striiv Play the most powerful device in its price range.
The altimeter fires pulses of electromagnetic waves down on to the ice, which reflects them back up to a receiver on the satellite.
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But most are held in wilderness areas and require competitors to find a series of checkpoints using only a compass, an altimeter and a topographic map.
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The elevation measurements were collected by the Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter (MOLA), an instrument aboard NASA's Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft, during the spring and summer of 1998.
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It has also scanned the surface of the planet using Mola (Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter), which beams an infrared laser pulse towards the surface of the Red Planet 10 times a second.
Its barometric altimeter tracks changes in pressure to pinpoint users' altitude, and they even can use it to plot barometric pressure over time, which can help keep an eye on changing weather conditions.
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However, LG tacked on an altimeter for more accurate location data (the world ain't flat, you know) and the display can show call info during a run while also offering media controls for navigating through those playlists.
The defense argued that the incident was a tragic accident caused partly by the fact that the plane's altimeter was not working and the gondola cable that the plane hit was not on the map that he was given.
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