Slot: elevation, meters (elev)

Elevation of the sampling site is its height above a fixed reference point, most commonly the mean sea level. Elevation is mainly used when referring to points on the earth's surface, while altitude is used for points above the surface, such as an aircraft in flight or a spacecraft in orbit.

URI: MIXS:0000093 Alias: elev

Inheritance

• environment_field
  • elev

Applicable Classes

Name	Description	Modifies Slot
WaterInterface	water dh_interface	yes
HostAssociatedInterface	host_associated dh_interface	yes
BiofilmInterface	biofilm dh_interface	yes
AirInterface	air dh_interface	yes
SedimentInterface	sediment dh_interface	yes
WastewaterSludgeInterface	wastewater_sludge dh_interface	yes
HcrFluidsSwabsInterface	hcr_fluids_swabs dh_interface	yes
HcrCoresInterface	hcr_cores dh_interface	yes
SoilInterface	soil dh_interface	yes
BuiltEnvInterface	built_env dh_interface	yes
MiscEnvsInterface	misc_envs dh_interface	yes
PlantAssociatedInterface	plant_associated dh_interface	yes

Properties

• Range: Float

Aliases

• elevation

Examples

Value
225
0
1250

Comments

• All elevations must be reported in meters. Provide the numerical portion only.
• Please use https://www.advancedconverter.com/map-tools/find-altitude-by-coordinates, if needed, to help estimate the elevation based on latitude and longitude coordinates.

Identifier and Mapping Information

Annotations

property	value
expected_value	measurement value

Schema Source

• from schema: https://example.com/nmdc_submission_schema

Mappings

Mapping Type	Mapped Value
self	MIXS:0000093
native	nmdc_sub_schema:elev

LinkML Source

name: elev
annotations:
  expected_value:
    tag: expected_value
    value: measurement value
description: Elevation of the sampling site is its height above a fixed reference
  point, most commonly the mean sea level. Elevation is mainly used when referring
  to points on the earth's surface, while altitude is used for points above the surface,
  such as an aircraft in flight or a spacecraft in orbit.
title: elevation, meters
comments:
- All elevations must be reported in meters. Provide the numerical portion only.
- Please use https://www.advancedconverter.com/map-tools/find-altitude-by-coordinates,
  if needed, to help estimate the elevation based on latitude and longitude coordinates.
examples:
- value: '225'
- value: '0'
- value: '1250'
from_schema: https://example.com/nmdc_submission_schema
aliases:
- elevation
rank: 6
is_a: environment field
slot_uri: MIXS:0000093
alias: elev
domain_of:
- AirInterface
- BiofilmInterface
- BuiltEnvInterface
- HcrCoresInterface
- HcrFluidsSwabsInterface
- HostAssociatedInterface
- MiscEnvsInterface
- PlantAssociatedInterface
- SedimentInterface
- SoilInterface
- WastewaterSludgeInterface
- WaterInterface
slot_group: mixs_modified_section
range: float
multivalued: false
unit:
  ucum_code: m