METHOD OF DETERMINING HEIGHT OF TRIGONOMETRIC LEVELLING POINTS Russian patent published in 2010 - IPC G01C5/00 

FIELD: physics.

SUBSTANCE: two-sided trigonometric levelling is carried out from point to be determined and two base points at a distance S with exceedance h₀, measured through high-accuracy geometric levelling. Difference in height caused by refraction effect is measured. Exceedance h₁ is measured in the direction of positive inclination and h₂ in the direction of negative inclination. Atmospheric pressure and air temperature are determined. Integral temperature gradients of air are calculated using formulas: where T is air temperature on the absolute temperature scale K, p is atmospheric pressure, Mbars. Transitional multipliers (coefficients) obtained on a test object (model) are determined. Corrections to height h₁, h₂ are calculated using the formula:

EFFECT: higher accuracy and cost effectiveness of determining height.

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