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Slot: altitude (alt)

Heights of objects such as airplanes, space shuttles, rockets, atmospheric balloons and heights of places such as atmospheric layers and clouds. It is used to measure the height of an object which is above the earth's surface. In this context, the altitude measurement is the vertical distance between the earth's surface above sea level and the sampled position in the air

URI: MIXS:0000094 Alias: alt

Applicable Classes

Name Description Modifies Slot
MiscEnvsInterface misc_envs dh_interface no
HostAssociatedInterface host_associated dh_interface no
BuiltEnvInterface built_env dh_interface no
BiofilmInterface biofilm dh_interface no
AirInterface air dh_interface no

Properties

  • Range: Float

  • Recommended: True

  • Regex pattern: ^[-+]?[0-9]*\.?[0-9]+(?:[eE][-+]?[0-9]+)?( *- *[-+]?[0-9]*\.?[0-9]+(?:[eE][-+]?[0-9]+)?)? *.*$

Examples

Value
100

Comments

  • Value must be reported in m. Provide the numeric portion only.

Identifier and Mapping Information

Annotations

property value
Preferred_unit meter
storage_units m

Schema Source

Mappings

Mapping Type Mapped Value
self MIXS:0000094
native nmdc_sub_schema:alt

LinkML Source

name: alt
annotations:
  Preferred_unit:
    tag: Preferred_unit
    value: meter
  storage_units:
    tag: storage_units
    value: m
description: Heights of objects such as airplanes, space shuttles, rockets, atmospheric
  balloons and heights of places such as atmospheric layers and clouds. It is used
  to measure the height of an object which is above the earth's surface. In this context,
  the altitude measurement is the vertical distance between the earth's surface above
  sea level and the sampled position in the air
title: altitude
comments:
- Value must be reported in m. Provide the numeric portion only.
examples:
- value: '100'
from_schema: https://example.com/nmdc_submission_schema
rank: 26
slot_uri: MIXS:0000094
alias: alt
domain_of:
- AirInterface
- BiofilmInterface
- BuiltEnvInterface
- HostAssociatedInterface
- MiscEnvsInterface
slot_group: mixs_modified_section
range: float
recommended: true
pattern: ^[-+]?[0-9]*\.?[0-9]+(?:[eE][-+]?[0-9]+)?( *- *[-+]?[0-9]*\.?[0-9]+(?:[eE][-+]?[0-9]+)?)?
  *.*$
structured_pattern:
  syntax: ^{scientific_float}( *- *{scientific_float})? *{text}$
  interpolated: true
  partial_match: true
unit:
  ucum_code: m