Station elevation

station elevation

The vertical distance above mean sea level that is adopted as the reference datum level for all current measurements of atmospheric pressure at the station.

It may or may not be the same as either climatological station elevation or elevation of ivory point. This term is denoted by the symbol H_p in international usage. The atmospheric pressure with respect to station elevation is called the station pressure.

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(Also called barometric pressure.) The pressure exerted by the atmosphere as a consequence of gravitational attraction exerted upon the "column" of air lying directly above the point in question.