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Slot: Unit (units)

Unit of measurement for this variable.

URI: oae:units

Applicable Classes

Name Description Modifies Slot
ContinuousCO2Variable CO2 continuous (sensor) measured variable (xCO2/pCO2/fCO2) no
HPLCVariable HPLC (High-Performance Liquid Chromatography) measured variable for pigment a... no
CalculatedVariable A variable that is calculated or derived from other measured variables rather... no
ContinuousDICVariable Dissolved Inorganic Carbon (DIC) measured variable from continuous autonomous... no
MeasuredVariable Variable that is directly measured in-situ using instruments no
SocioeconomicVariable Socioeconomic variable for social and economic data such as survey responses,... no
ContinuousMeasuredVariable A variable measured in-situ by a continuous autonomous sensor (e no
ContinuousPhysiologicalVariable Physiological response variable from continuous autonomous field sensors (e no
DiscretePhysiologicalVariable Physiological response variable from discrete field samples (e no
DiscretePHVariable pH measured variable with dye-based spectrophotometric measurement no
DiscreteTAVariable Total Alkalinity (TA) measured variable from discrete bottle samples no
DiscreteCO2Variable CO2 discrete (bottle) measured variable (pCO2/fCO2) no
InSituVariable Base class for project-acquired variables (measured or calculated in-situ) yes
ContinuousPHVariable pH measured variable from continuous autonomous sensor no
DiscreteDICVariable Dissolved Inorganic Carbon (DIC) measured variable from discrete bottle sampl... no
ContinuousTAVariable Total Alkalinity (TA) measured variable from continuous autonomous sensor no
FieldVariable Abstract root for every variable that can appear in a FieldDataset — measured... no
DiscreteMeasuredVariable A variable measured in-situ from discrete water samples (e no
ContinuousSedimentVariable Measured sediment variable collected from continuous autonomous sensor no
DiscreteSedimentVariable Measured sediment variable collected from discrete bottle samples no
ModelOutputVariable A variable output by a model simulation (e yes
Variable Abstract root for all variable types (including non-measured) no
NonMeasuredVariable A contextual or ancillary variable that is NOT directly measured or calculate... no

Properties

Identifier and Mapping Information

Schema Source

  • from schema: https://schema.oaedata.org/OAEDataSchema

Mappings

Mapping Type Mapped Value
self oae:units
native oae:units

LinkML Source

name: units
description: Unit of measurement for this variable.
title: Unit
from_schema: https://schema.oaedata.org/OAEDataSchema
rank: 1000
alias: units
domain_of:
- Variable
range: string