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radar altimeter

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radar
noun[U]
uk /ˈreɪ.dɑːr/ us /ˈreɪ.dɑːr/
a system that uses radio waves to find the position of objects that cannot ...
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altimeter
noun[C]
uk /ˈæl.tɪ.miː.tər/ us /ælˈtɪm.ə.t̬ɚ/
a device used in an aircraft to measure how high it is from ...
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Examples of radar altimeter


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The case is made that radaraltimeter data can be used to monitor changes in glacier topography related to climate change and surge events.
Such changes in snow structure are important as they may influence radaraltimeter returns.
It was not until almost 10 years later, however, that theory was turned into reality with the first radaraltimeter missions.
The pilots would have seen the same information on their radaraltimeter, but even so at that point the aircraft was still climbing only gently.
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Low-cost systems use a radaraltimeter, barometric altimeter and clock to navigate a digital strip map.
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At the time of the disaster, the radaraltimeter was set at 800 ft, but the plane was flying at less than 400 ft.
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The radaraltimeter was checked and reported in normal condition.
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This is not standard practice for a non-precision approach as the radaraltimeter does not take into account the terrain around the airport.
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It uses a pre-recorded contour map of the terrain that is compared to measurements made during flight by an on-board radaraltimeter.
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The main and auxiliary parachutes, the engine to initiate the landing, and the radaraltimeter were mounted on the top section of the lander.
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A related use of radaraltimeter technology is terrain-following radar, which allows fighter bombers to fly at very low altitudes.
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The pilots, distracted by the conflicting warnings, did not notice the radaraltimeter after passing through 2,500 feet, according to the accident report.
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It describes using a radaraltimeter system to keep track of the aircrafts height above ground.
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The satellite carried a radaraltimeter capable of measuring the distance from the satellite to sea surface with a relative precision of about 5 cm.
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The radaraltimeter is used to measure height above ground level during landing in commercial and military aircraft.
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A radaraltimeter measured altitude and velocity, feeding data to the rover's flight computer.
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The radaraltimeter measures the return power of the radar pulse that's reflected off the land/ocean surface.
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Since a radaraltimeter measures distances, height over the ground, and not an absolute altitude, the maps generally encode a series of changes in altitude, not the absolute altitude itself.
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The temporal evolution of the reflected radar pulse is interpreted in order to estimate the distance between the radaraltimeter and the reflecting surface; surface irregularities can also be estimated.
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