hypsography是什么意思？

hypsography

英[hɪp'sɒgrəfɪ] 美[hɪp'sɒgrəfɪ]

• n. 测高学，标高图，地形起伏，地势；

例句

• Topographic factors such as hypsography and earth curvature are greatly responsible for remote sensing image distortion. 地形因素,包括地面起伏和地球曲率,是造成航空数字遥感影像变形的主要原因之一.
• I go to low - lying coastal areas for the study of hypsography. 我为研究地势去 低洼 海岸线地区.

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. the scientific study of the earth's configuration above sea level (emphasizing the measurement of land altitudes relative to sea level)
  2. measurement of the elevation of land above sea level