dynamic height

As measured from sea level, the distance above the geoid of points on the same equipotential surface, in terms of linear units measured along a plumb line at a given latitude, generally 45ø.

Related terms:

• dynamic-height anomaly
• constant-height surface
• geopotential height
• constant-height chart
• height of tide
• dynamic roughness
• wave height
• height-change line
• Gage Height
• height pattern