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EA:  VERTICAL_DATUM_IDENTIFIER

Status: STD 2005/06/07
Code: 1525
Concept definition: The designation of a <VERTICAL_DATUM>; vertical datum identifier.
 
Attribute value type: ENUMERATION
Reference type: IR
Reference: [GMCG]
Supplemental references:  
Enumerants (presented in a natural order)
Status Attribute label Enumerant label ▾ Concept definition Code Ref type Reference Supplemental references
STD
2005/06/07		 VERTICAL_DATUM_IDENTIFIER EARTH_GRAVITATIONAL-
_MODEL_1996		 The geopotential surface defined by the WGS 84 Earth Gravitational Model 1996 that is closely associated with the mean ocean surface. 1 PR [83502T, Section 6]  
STD
2005/06/07		 VERTICAL_DATUM_IDENTIFIER MEAN_SEA_LEVEL A continuous surface over the oceans (or its hypothetical extension under the land masses) defined by the mean of sea level surfaces approximated and observed over 19 years; mean sea level (MSL). 2 PR [BOWD, Section 913]  
STD
2005/06/07		 VERTICAL_DATUM_IDENTIFIER WGS_1984_ELLIPSOID WGS 1984 Ellipsoid. 3 PR [83502T, Section 3]  
STD
2005/06/07		 VERTICAL_DATUM_IDENTIFIER WGS_1984_GEOID The geopotential surface defined by the WGS 1984 Earth Gravity Model that is closely associated with the mean ocean surface; WGS 1984 Geoid. 4 PR [83502T, Section 6]  
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