This question considers the 3 accelerometers of the IRS and the INS system that measure vertical accelerations. By integrating with time the vertical acceleration, the altitude can be known and used by certain systems. But this kind of measurement to determine an altitude is very inaccurate. The accuracy decreases exponentially with flight time. Because of this, the inertial system receives altitude information from a barometric altimeter (air data computer).
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