[Nml] RE: Abbreviations
Subject: [Nml] RE: Abbreviations
From: Helio Carvalho Viana (HVIANA@XXX.XXX)
Date: Tue Feb 23 1999 - 08:16:12 EST
> MNT= Start of Morning Nautical Twilight Hs= sextant altitude
> ECT= End of Evening Civil Twlight Ha= apparant altitude
> ZT= Zone Time Ho= observed Altitude
> GMT= Greenwich Mean Time (aka: UTC) Hc= calculated altitude
> LMT= Local Mean Time LAN= Local Apparant Noon
> DR= Dead Reckoning F.= farenheit
> TC= True Course C.= celsius
> CC= Compass Course Mb= millibars
> EP= Estimated Position Hg= inches of mercury
> FIX= Ha! FIX Dist= Distance in mi
> Var= Variation d= degree
> Dev= deviation '= minute of arc
> Kts= Knots Hrs= Hours of time
> mi= Nautical Miles min= minute(s) of time
> SS= Sunset sec= second(s) of time
> SR= Sunrise SR= Sight Reduction
> mtrs= meters Zn = azimuth
> fath= fathoms N= North
> LL= Lower limb S= South
> UL= Upper Limb E= East
> Alt= Altitude W= West
>
> Wind is given in the direction from which it is blowing.
> Current is given in the direction toward which it is flowing.
>
> Any others that may crop up will be spelled out in the problem.
>
>
>
>
> Dan Hogan
> West Covina, CA
> dhhogan@XXX.XXX
>
>
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