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What happens as the altitude of the sun increases?
There are many things that could happen as the altitude of the sun increases. As altitude increases the temperature usually does too.
What is solar altitude?
How high the sun is in the sky. The angle between the horizon and the sun. When the sun is directly overhead (eg, at the equator) the solar altitude is 90°. In Canberra in winter, the solar altitude is 30°.
What is the altitude of the sun?
?? strange question... the sun isn't in our atmosphere so it can't have an 'altitude' it just has a distance away from us.
What instrument measures heat radiation?
bolometer
What instrument measures the height of a mountain?
a tape measure
What instrument measures mountain altitude?
Used to be trigonometry, but now they use GPS.
The astrolable was associated with?
It is an astronomical instrument for taking the altitude of the sun or stars
What instrument measures the angle of the sun with the horizon?
A sextant.the sextonan astrolabe
What instrument is used to measure sun's altitude?
what are all the instruments use to measure altitude
What is a backstaff?
A backstaff is a an early navigational instrument for measuring the altitude of the sun and hence calculating latitude.
Instrument for taking altitude of sun or stars?
The sextant is used in celestial navigation.
What instrument measures the earth's rotation?
Depends what you mean by instrument but I guess the sun, mmon and stars are pretty good indicators to use.
What are the function of fathometer?
fathometer is an instrument used to measure the altitude of na object above a fixed level , fathometer measures the sea depth
What does the astrolabe measure?
It is a mediaeval instrument for measuring the altitude of the sun and other sky objects, now replaced by the sextant.
What is measured by an altimeter?
An altimeter does not actually measure altitude directly, but rather just atmospheric pressure. So an altimeter is actually a barometer created for a specific purpose. See related link The altimeter measures the height above the ground and has a pointer which is adjustable depending in which air field you are taking off on. it measures the pressure of the air as you get higher off the ground the pressure reduces therefore it is able to determine your height above ground.
What is Altitude gauge?
An altimeter is a piece of apparatus which measures someone's altitude.
What is an instrument for measuring altitude?
A tape measure.
