vertical coordinate system

C45567
concept

A vertical coordinate system is a reference framework that defines how elevation or depth values are measured and expressed relative to a chosen vertical datum, such as mean sea level or the Earth’s ellipsoid.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
vertical coordinate system canonical 1

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: vertical coordinate system
Generated description
A vertical coordinate system is a reference framework that defines how elevation or depth values are measured and expressed relative to a chosen vertical datum, such as mean sea level or the Earth’s ellipsoid.

Instances (1)

Instance Via concept surface
Charney–Phillips vertical coordinate