Phrases with «degree longitude»

"Degree longitude" refers to a unit of measurement used to determine the east-west position of a location on the Earth's surface. It measures the distance in degrees from an imaginary line called the Prime Meridian, which runs through Greenwich, England. The higher the number of degrees longitude, the further east or west a place is from the Prime Meridian. Full definition

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Sentences with «degree longitude»

The NASA GISTEMP record is the most detailed of the four datasets, with grid boxes two degrees longitude by two degrees latitude. (carbonbrief.org)
The horizontal resolution is given in either degrees latitude × degrees longitude (grid point models), or as T21, T30, etc. which are the resolutions in spectral models corresponding to triangular truncation of the spectral domain with 21, 30, etc. wave numbers, respectively. (pa.op.dlr.de)
«It is like a Vegas slot machine with just two states, and Sputnik Planitia ended up in the latter position, centered at 175 degrees longitude,» said Hamilton. (sciencedaily.com)
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Phrases with «degree longitude»

Sentences with «degree longitude»

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