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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 (degrees); e.g. 315 degrees. This measure provides an indication of sun and wind exposure that will influence soil temperature and evapotranspiration. (Unit: degrees)

URI: basalt_schema:slope_aspect Alias: slope_aspect

Applicable Classes

Name Description Modifies Slot
Site Site-level metadata for a specific location from which a set of samples are c... no

Properties

Type and Range

Property Value
Range String
Domain Of Site

Cardinality and Requirements

Property Value
### Value Constraints
Property Value
Regex Pattern ^\d+(\.\d+)?\s*degrees$

Identifier and Mapping Information

Schema Source

Mappings

Mapping Type Mapped Value
self basalt_schema:slope_aspect
native basalt_schema:slope_aspect

LinkML Source

name: slope_aspect
description: 'The direction a slope faces. While looking down a slope use a compass
  to record the direction you are facing (degrees); e.g. 315 degrees. This measure
  provides an indication of sun and wind exposure that will influence soil temperature
  and evapotranspiration. (Unit: degrees)'
title: slope aspect
from_schema: https://EMSL-Computing.github.io/BASALT-Schema
rank: 1000
alias: slope_aspect
domain_of:
- Site
range: string
pattern: ^\d+(\.\d+)?\s*degrees$