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VERTICAL DILUTION PRECISION [2 records]

Record 1 2002-10-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aircraft Piloting and Navigation
DEF

The ratio of user-referenced vertical position error to measurement error of a multilateration system. [Definition officially approved by ICAO.]

OBS

vertical dilution of precision; VDOP: term and abbreviation officially approved by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pilotage et navigation aérienne
OBS

affaiblissement de la précision verticale; VDOP : terme et abréviation uniformisés par l'Organisation de l'aviation civile internationale (OACI).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Pilotaje y navegación aérea
OBS

dilución vertical de la precisión; VDOP: término y abreviatura aceptados oficialmente por la Organización de Aviación Civil Internacional (OACI).

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Record 2 1994-05-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mathematical Geography
  • Remote Sensing
OBS

See DOP and PDOP.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géographie mathématique
  • Télédétection
OBS

Voir DOP et PDOP.

Spanish

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