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Slot: slope aspect (slope_aspect)

The direction a slope faces. While looking down a slope use a compass to record the direction you are facing (direction or degrees); e.g., nw or 315 degrees. This measure provides an indication of sun and wind exposure that will influence soil temperature and evapotranspiration.

URI: MIXS:0000647

Inheritance

Applicable Classes

Name Description Modifies Slot
Biosample Biological source material which can be characterized by an experiment yes

Properties

Aliases

  • slope aspect

Examples

Value

Identifier and Mapping Information

Annotations

property value
expected_value measurement value

Schema Source

LinkML Source

name: slope_aspect
annotations:
  expected_value:
    tag: expected_value
    value: measurement value
  preferred_unit:
    tag: preferred_unit
    value: degree
  occurrence:
    tag: occurrence
    value: '1'
description: The direction a slope faces. While looking down a slope use a compass
  to record the direction you are facing (direction or degrees); e.g., nw or 315 degrees.
  This measure provides an indication of sun and wind exposure that will influence
  soil temperature and evapotranspiration.
title: slope aspect
examples:
- value: ''
from_schema: https://w3id.org/nmdc/nmdc
aliases:
- slope aspect
rank: 1000
is_a: core field
slot_uri: MIXS:0000647
multivalued: false
alias: slope_aspect
domain_of:
- Biosample
range: QuantityValue