exposuretoaltitude

Occurrence

optional (required for Project Dive Exploration), single

Attributes

Description

Inside the <exposuretoaltitude> section information is given concerning an exposition to altitude through air transportation. If <exposuretoaltitude> appears, at least <transportation> must be set, too.

The element was adopted from the DL7 Standard by DAN — Project Dive Exploration, http://www.diversalertnetwork.org/research/projects/pde/.

Parent Elements

<surfaceintervalafterdive>, <surfaceintervalbeforedive>

Child Elements

<altitudeofexposure>, <dateofflight>, <surfaceintervalbeforealtitudeexposure>, <totallengthofexposure>, <transportation>

See Also

<wayaltitude>

Examples

(see also <dive>)

<exposuretoaltitude>
    <!-- surface interval between end of dive and begin of flight 2 h -->
    <surfaceintervalbeforealtitudeexposure>7200.0</surfaceintervalbeforealtitudeexposure>
    <!-- flight with a helicopter -->
    <transportation>helicopter</transportation>
    <!-- flight on Friday, December 16th, 2005 -->
    <dateofflight>
        <datetime>2005-12-16</datetime>
    </dateofflight>
    <!-- pressure in the cabin corresponds to a (flight) height of 2000 m -->
    <!-- (because of helicopter transportation, here flight height) -->
    <altitudeofexposure>2000.0</altitudeofexposure>
    <!-- flight period 35 min -->
    <totallengthofexposure>2100.0</totallengthofexposure>
</exposuretoaltitude>