Mean Sea Level

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Mean Sea Level

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The average height of the surface of the sea for all stages of the tide over a 19-year period, usually determined from hourly height readings. </dd>
Mean sea level is the datum from which heights are measured. In this sense sometimes shortened to sea level. See geoid. [[/a>|/a> ]]

References

This article is based on NASA's Dictionary of Technical Terms for Aerospace Use