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• Aeronautical instruments
• Meteorological instruments

• Altitudes -- Measurement

• Altimeter -- Calibration
• Altimeter -- Data processing
• Altimeter -- Design
• Altimeter -- Maintenance and repair
• Altimeter -- Remote sensing
• Altimeter -- Testing
• Airborne profile recorder
• Radio altimeters

• Altimetric system : panel report. (National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1987), by United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
• Making ventilation-pressure surveys with altimeters (U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, 1957), by G. E. McElroy, D. S. Kingery, and United States Bureau of Mines (page images at HathiTrust)
• Service handbook of the altimeter, model of 1916 : prepared in the Office of the Chief of Ordnance, April, 1922. (U. S. Govt. Print. Off., 1922), by United States Army Ordnance Department (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Future of spaceborne altimetry : oceans and climate change : a long-term strategy, a report (Joint Oceanographic Institutions Inc., 1992), by Gary S. E Lagerloef, P Gaspar, Chester John Koblinsky, Joint Oceanographic Institutions Incorporated, and Future Altimetry Working Group (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• MARA system documentation (National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Office of Management, Scientific and Technical Information Division, 1989), by C. L. Parsons, Goddard Space Flight Center, United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Scientific and Technical Information Division, United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Office of Management, and Wallops Flight Facility (page images at HathiTrust)
• How a pilot looks at altitude (National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Scientific and Technical Information Branch ;, 1981), by Amos A. Spady, Randall L. Harris, Langley Research Center, and United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Scientific and Technical Information Branch (page images at HathiTrust)
• Effects of digital altimetry on pilot workload (National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Scientific and Technical Information Branch ;, 1985), by Randall L. Harris, Bobby J. Glover, and Langley Research Center (page images at HathiTrust)
• Study of the concept of inertially aided barometric altimetry system for supersonic aircraft (National Aeronautics and Space Administration ;, 1971), by J. Ray Ruetenik, Kenneth R. Britting, John H. Thompson, United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Electronic Research Center (U.S.), and Kaman AviDyne (page images at HathiTrust)
• SKYLAB S-193 radar altimeter experiment analysis and results (National Aeronautics and Space Administration ;, 1977), by G. S. Brown, Wallops Station, and Applied Science Associates (page images at HathiTrust)
• Optical altimeter receiver systems study and design for a spaceborne laser altimeter (National Aeronautics and Space Administration ;, 1970), by Howard C. Salwen, David R. Torrealba, Herbert G. Coles, Electronics Research Center (U.S.), and inc Adcom (page images at HathiTrust)
• An analysis of terrain bias error in planetary radar altimeters (National Aeronautics and Space Administration ;, 1969), by Richard F. Harrington, William D. Stanley, United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and Langley Research Center (page images at HathiTrust)
• Measurement of the errors of service altimeter installations during landing-approach and take-off operations (National Aeronautics and Space Administration :, 1960), by William Gracey, Gene T. Carpenter, Joseph W. Jewel, and Langley Research Center (page images at HathiTrust)
• Strategies for estimating the marine geoid from altimeter data (U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration ;, 1976), by P. Argentiero, R. Garza-Robles, W. D. Kahn, Goddard Space Flight Center, and United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
• Optically coupled digital altitude encoder for general aviation altimeters (National Aeronautics and Space Administration ;, 1975), by Floyd R. Bryant and Langley Research Center (page images at HathiTrust)
• NASA TN D-1627 (National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1963), by William Gracey, Langley Research Center, and United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Earth observing system. Volume IIh, altimetric system : panel report. (National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1987), by United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
• LASA : lidar atmospheric sounder and altimeter instrument panel report. (National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1987), by United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
• Local geoid and gravity anomaly predictions using point masses (Hanscom AFB, Massachusetts : Air Force Geophysics Laboratory, Air Force Systems Command, United States Air Force, 1979., 1979), by Georges Blaha, George Hadgigeorge, and U.S. Air Force Geophysics Laboratory (page images at HathiTrust)
• A Feasibility study on operational use of Geosat wind and wave data at the National Meteorological Center : technical note (U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Ocean Products Center, 1991), by T. Yu, R. Teboulle, Dinorah C. Esteva, Ocean Products Center, National Meteorological Center (U.S.), and United States. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
• Characteristics of altitude error at reduced quantization (Federal Aviation Administration, Program Engineering & Maintenance Service ;, 1986), by Gene A. Wong and United States. Federal Aviation Administration. Program Engineering & Maintenance Service (page images at HathiTrust)
• Investigations of vertical displays of altitude information : I. comparison of a moving-tape and standard altimeter on a simulated flight task (Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio : Wright Air Development Division, Air Research and Development Command, United States Air Force, 1958., 1958), by Robert F. Mengelkoch, Robert C. Houston, United States. Air Force. Air Research and Development Command, University of Illinois, and Wright Air Development Center (page images at HathiTrust)
• Investigations of vertical displays of altitude information : II. the effect of practice on performance of a simulated flight task using a moving-tape altimeter (Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio : Wright Air Development Division, Air Research and Development Command, United States Air Force, 1958., 1958), by Robert F. Mengelkoch, Robert C. Houston, United States. Air Force. Air Research and Development Command, University of Illinois, and Wright Air Development Center (page images at HathiTrust)
• Investigations of vertical displays of altitude information : III. The effect of an expanded scale on performance of a simulated flight task using a moving-tape altimeter (Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio : Wright Air Development Center, Air Research and Development Command, United States Air Force, 1958., 1958), by Robert F. Mengelkoch, United States. Air Force. Air Research and Development Command, Wright Air Development Center, and University of Illinois (page images at HathiTrust)

• Calibration procedure for pressure altimeter, MIL-A-27229. (Headquarters, Dept. of the Army, 1984), by United States. Department of the Army (page images at HathiTrust)

• NOSS altimeter algorithm specifications (National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Scientific and Technical Information Branch ;, 1982), by D. W. Hancock, J. D. McMillan, R. G. Forsythe, Wallops Flight Center, and United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Scientific and Technical Information Branch (page images at HathiTrust)

• The effect of rain clouds on the design of radar altimeters (Albuquerque, New Mexico : Sandia Corporation, Technical Information Division ; Washington, D.C. : Available from the Office of Technical Services, Dept. of Commerce, 1961., 1961), by Charles H. Bidwell, U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, and Sandia Corporation (page images at HathiTrust)

• Operator, organizational, field, and depot miantenance [sic] manual including repair parts and special tool lists : altimeter, surveying, 4,500 meters, 2 meter divisions, (Wallace and Tiernan type FS-199), FSN 6675-641-3569. (Departments of the Army and the Air Force, 1990), by United States Department of the Air Force and United States. Department of the Army (page images at HathiTrust)
• Organizational maintenance manual : altimeter set, electronic, AN/APN-171A(V)1. (Headquarters, Dept. of the Army, 1990), by United States. Department of the Army (page images at HathiTrust)
• Organizational, direct support, and general support maintenance repair parts and special tools lists ... for altimeter set, electronic, AN/APN-171A(V)1, (NSN 5841-00-144-7417). (Headquarters, Dept. of the Army, 1992), by United States. Department of the Army (page images at HathiTrust)
• Operator's, organizational, and direct support maintenance manual including repair parts and special tools lists : altimeter set, electronic, AN/APN-209(V)1, (NSN 5841-01-020-2281) and AN/APN-209(V)2, (NSN 5841-01-023-1211). (Headquarters, Dept. of the Army, 1988), by United States. Department of the Army (page images at HathiTrust)

• Operator and organizational maintenance manual : test set, radar altimeter module AN/APM-322. (Headquarters, Dept. of the Army, 1991), by United States. Department of the Army (page images at HathiTrust)

• An autoranging balloon altimeter : a single pressure transducer monitors altitude from 0 to 44 kilometers with 30 meters resolution (Hanscom AFB, Massachusetts : Air Force Geophysics Laboratory, Air Force Systems Command, United States Air Force, 1978., 1978), by Robert H. Cordella and U.S. Air Force Geophysics Laboratory (page images at HathiTrust)

• Altimeter systems survey, final report. (Vestal, N.Y., 1963), by inc Wright Instruments and United States. Federal Aviation Agency. Systems Research and Development Service (page images at HathiTrust)
• The role of satellite altimetry in climate studies (National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Scientific and Technical Information Office ;, 1980), by C. L. Parsons, Wallops Flight Center, and United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Scientific and Technical Information Office (page images at HathiTrust)

• Calibration of radar antenna and positioning camera axes of the airborne profile recorder system. (Washington., 1960), by United States. Army Map Service (page images at HathiTrust)
• Investigation of computer techniques for radar landmass simulation. Contract N61339-1526. (U.S. Naval Training Device Center, 1966), by Inc Pennsylvania Research Associates (page images at HathiTrust)
• Characteristics of altitude error at reduced quantization (Federal Aviation Administration, Program Engineering & Maintenance Service ;, 1986), by Gene A. Wong and United States. Federal Aviation Administration. Program Engineering & Maintenance Service (page images at HathiTrust)

• Phase-derived close-range navigation and attitude-sensing (Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories, Air Force Systems Command, United States Air Force, 1975), by Uve H. W. Lammers and Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)

Items below (if any) are from related and broader terms.

• Methods and results. (Gov't print. off., 1879), by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, George Davidson, and Charles A. Schott (page images at HathiTrust)
• Mémoires sur la formule barométrique de la mécanique céleste, et les dispositions de l'atmosphère qui en modifient les propriétés: augmentés d'une Instruction élémentaire et pratique, destinée à servir de guide dans l'application du baromètre à la mesure des hauteurs. (Landriot, 1811), by Louis-François Ramond (page images at HathiTrust)
• Das höhenmessen mit der quecksilberwaage für Pariser, Rheinländer und Londoner linien (J. Wolf, 1831), by J. F. Benzenberg (page images at HathiTrust)
• Das höhenmessen mit dem thermometer dargestellt (J. G. Heubner, 1835), by Julius Wilhelm Gintl (page images at HathiTrust)
• Sopra la misura delle altezze col barometro (Presso la Societá tipografica, 1786), by Giuseppe Maria Racagni (page images at HathiTrust)
• Observations made in Savoy, in order to ascertain the height of mountains by means of the barometer; being an examination of Mr. De Luc's rules, delivered in his Recherches sur les modifications de l'atmosphere. (Printed by W. Bowyer and J. Nichols, 1777), by George Augustus William Shuckburgh-Evelyn (page images at HathiTrust)
• Tables showing difference of level in feet : corresponding to a given angle when the distance is read in metres or feet, and for horizontal reductions, for use with stadia (G.P.O., 1879), by John Augustus Ockerson, Jared Teeple, and United States Army Corps of Engineers (page images at HathiTrust)
• On the use of the barometer on surveys and reconnaissances, being a compendium, without plates, of No. 15 of the Professional papers of the Corps of Engineers. ([U.S.] Govt. Print. Off., 1878), by R. S. Williamson and United States Army Corps of Engineers (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Future of spaceborne altimetry : oceans and climate change : a long-term strategy, a report (Joint Oceanographic Institutions Inc., 1992), by Gary S. E Lagerloef, P Gaspar, Chester John Koblinsky, Joint Oceanographic Institutions Incorporated, and Future Altimetry Working Group (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Die höhenmessungen des mappeurs. Anleitung zum trigonometrischen und barometrischen höhenmessen (Verlag des K.K. Militär-geographischen institutes, in commission bei R. Lechner , 1884), by Heinrich Joseph Franz Hartl (page images at HathiTrust)
• MARA system documentation (National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Office of Management, Scientific and Technical Information Division, 1989), by C. L. Parsons, Goddard Space Flight Center, United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Scientific and Technical Information Division, United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Office of Management, and Wallops Flight Facility (page images at HathiTrust)
• A treatise on topography : for both civil and military purposes (Printed for T. Egerton ..., 1815), by C. Malortie de Martemont (page images at HathiTrust)
• Wind tunnel investigation of an all flush orifice air data system for a large subsonic aircraft (National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Scientific and Technical Information Office ;, 1980), by Terry J. Larson, Paul M. Siemers, Stuart G. Flechner, Langley Research Center, Hugh L. Dryden Flight Research Center, and United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Scientific and Technical Information Office (page images at HathiTrust)
• Airflow and thrust calibration of an F100 engine, S/N P680059, at selected flight conditions (National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Scientific and Technical Information Office ;, 1978), by Thomas J. Biesiadny, Jose R. Rodriguez, Douglas Lee, and United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Scientific and Technical Information Office (page images at HathiTrust)
• Remote sensing of Gulf Stream using GEOS-3 radar altimeter (National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Scientific and Technical Information Office ;, 1978), by Clifford D. Leitao, Carlos G. Parra, and N. E. Huang (page images at HathiTrust)
• Optical altimeter receiver systems study and design for a spaceborne laser altimeter (National Aeronautics and Space Administration ;, 1970), by Howard C. Salwen, David R. Torrealba, Herbert G. Coles, Electronics Research Center (U.S.), and inc Adcom (page images at HathiTrust)
• An exact transformation from geocentric to geodetic coordinates for nonzero altitudes (U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration ;, 1976), by David R. Hedgley and Edwards Flight Research Center (page images at HathiTrust)
• Höhen-messung einiger orte und berge : zwischen Gotha und Coburg durch barometerbeobachtung versucht ... ([s.n.], 1828), by Carl Ernst Adolf von Hoff (page images at HathiTrust)
• Sulla misura delle altezze mediante il barometro : saggio (U. Hoepli, 1876), by Guido Grassi and Club alpino italiano. Sezione di Milano (page images at HathiTrust)
• Horizon sensor performance in measuring altitude above the moon (National Aeronautics and Space Administration :, 1961), by P. J. De Fries and United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
• Beobachtungen und untersuchungen über die genauigkeit barometrischer höhenmessungen und die veränderungen der temperatur und feuchtigkeit der atmosphäre (J.G. Cotta, 1862), by Carl Maximilian von Bauernfeind (page images at HathiTrust)
• Die Aneroid-Barometer von J. Goldschmid und das barometrische höhenmessen (F. Schulthess, 1877), by Karl Koppe (page images at HathiTrust)
• Mémoires scientifiques, réunis et mis en ordre. (V. Bona, 1872), by Paolo San Roberto (page images at HathiTrust)
• A new method of measuring heights by means of the barometer (Govt. Printing Office, 1882), by Grove Karl Gilbert (page images at HathiTrust)
• Concorde air sampling program : intercalibrations and collaborative measurements (U.S. Dept. of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration, Office of Environment and Energy ;, 1978), by R. A. Rasmussen, High Altitude Pollution Program (U.S.), and United States. Federal Aviation Administration. Office of Environment and Energy (page images at HathiTrust)
• The effect of rain clouds on the design of radar altimeters (Albuquerque, New Mexico : Sandia Corporation, Technical Information Division ; Washington, D.C. : Available from the Office of Technical Services, Dept. of Commerce, 1961., 1961), by Charles H. Bidwell, U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, and Sandia Corporation (page images at HathiTrust)
• Accuracy of potential coefficients determinations from satellite altimetry and terrestrial gravity (Ohio State University Research Foundation, 1971), by Richard H. Rapp and Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Combination of satellite altimetric data in the short arc mode and gravity anomaly data (Hanscom AFB, Massachusetts : Air Force Geophysics Laboratories, Air Force Systems Command, United States Air Force, 1977., 1977), by George Hadgigeorge, U.S. Air Force Geophysics Laboratory, and Georges Blaha (page images at HathiTrust)
• An autoranging balloon altimeter : a single pressure transducer monitors altitude from 0 to 44 kilometers with 30 meters resolution (Hanscom AFB, Massachusetts : Air Force Geophysics Laboratory, Air Force Systems Command, United States Air Force, 1978., 1978), by Robert H. Cordella and U.S. Air Force Geophysics Laboratory (page images at HathiTrust)
• Global geoid and gravity anomaly predictions using the collocation and point mass techniques (Hanscom AFB, Massachusetts : Air Force Geophysics Laboratory, Air Force Systems Command, United States Air Force, 1984., 1984), by Robert P. Bessette, George Hadgigeorge, and U.S. Air Force Geophysics Laboratory (page images at HathiTrust)
• A parameterized procedure for determining real height from ionograms by use of generalized parabolic profiles (Hanscom AFB, Massachusetts : Air Force Geophysics Laboratory, Air Force Systems Command, United States Air Force, 1985., 1985), by Milton M. Klein and U.S. Air Force Geophysics Laboratory. Ionospheric Physics Division (page images at HathiTrust)
• Application of a direct method for real height determination to two ionograms (Hanscom AFB, Massachusetts : Air Force Geophysics Laboratories, Air Force Systems Command, United States Air Force, 1983., 1983), by Milton M. Klein and U.S. Air Force Geophysics Laboratory (page images at HathiTrust)
• Hypsometer for constant level balloon (Bedford, Massachusetts : Geophysics Research Directorate, Air Force Cambridge Research Center, Air Research and Development Command, United States Air Force, 1960., 1960), by Walter C. Wagner and Air Force Cambridge Research Center (U.S.). Geophysics Research Directorate (page images at HathiTrust)
• Use of mean sea level as the datum for elevations (Washington, D.C. : U.S. G.P.O., 1917., 1917), by E. Lester Jones and U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (page images at HathiTrust)
• Investigations of vertical displays of altitude information : III. The effect of an expanded scale on performance of a simulated flight task using a moving-tape altimeter (Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio : Wright Air Development Center, Air Research and Development Command, United States Air Force, 1958., 1958), by Robert F. Mengelkoch, United States. Air Force. Air Research and Development Command, Wright Air Development Center, and University of Illinois (page images at HathiTrust)

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