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Term: 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

Applicable Checklists and Extensions

NOTE: does not include Combinations (of checklists and extensions) that use slope_aspect.

Name Description Checklist/Extension
Agriculture A collection of terms appropriate when sequencing samples obtained in an agri... Extension
Soil A collection of terms appropriate when collecting samples and sequencing samp... Extension

Properties

  • Range: String
  • Cardinality: 0..1

  • Structured pattern: ^{scientific_float}( *- *{scientific_float})? *{text}$

  • Regex pattern: ^[-+]?[0-9]*\.?[0-9]+(?:[eE][-+]?[0-9]+)?( *- *[-+]?[0-9]*\.?[0-9]+(?:[eE][-+]?[0-9]+)?)? *([^\s-]{1,2}|[^\s-]+.+[^\s-]+)$

Annotations

  • Preferred_unit: degree

LinkML Source

name: slope_aspect
annotations:
  Preferred_unit:
    tag: Preferred_unit
    value: degree
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
from_schema: https://w3id.org/mixs
keywords:
- slope
slot_uri: MIXS:0000647
alias: slope_aspect
domain_of:
- Agriculture
- Soil
range: string
pattern: ^[-+]?[0-9]*\.?[0-9]+(?:[eE][-+]?[0-9]+)?( *- *[-+]?[0-9]*\.?[0-9]+(?:[eE][-+]?[0-9]+)?)?
  *([^\s-]{1,2}|[^\s-]+.+[^\s-]+)$
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  interpolated: true
  partial_match: true