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barometric_altitude  

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  • Barometric altitude is the altitude determined by a pressure measurement which is converted to altitude through interpolation of the International Standard Atmosphere (ICAO, 1976). A mean sea level pressure of 1013.25 hPa is used for the surface pressure.

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https://vocab.met.no/CFSTDN/barometric_altitude

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