ALTIMETER profile + altitude moving + weather
change
If your ALTIMETER profile is on and the weather changes frequently
while you climb in altitude or go down in altitude, the device will
give you incorrect readings.
BAROMETER profile + altitude moving
If the BAROMETER profile is on for an extended period of time as
you climb in altitude or go down in altitude, the device assumes
that you are standing still and interprets your changes in altitude as
changes in sea level air pressure. It will therefore give you incorrect
sea level air pressure readings.
Possible real life situation: Setting the altitude reference value
You’re on the second day of your two-day hike. You realize that
you forgot to switch from the
BAROMETER
profile to the
ALTIMETER
profile when you started moving in the morning.You
know that the current altitude readings given by your Suunto
Essential are wrong. So, you hike to the nearest location shown on
your topographic map for which a altitude reference value is
provided. You correct your Suunto Essential altitude reference value
accordingly. Your altitude readings are correct again.
7.2 Setting profiles and reference values
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