Station¤
Introduction¤
The Station is the main component of Paricia. Stations own the measurement data, who can view the existing data and add new sets, and captures a lot of metadata on the geographical location of the station, including longitude, latitude and altitude, but also region, basin, ecosystem or area covered.
It also owns another key parameter used during the data ingestion process: the timezone where the station is located, used to interpret the time of the datasets.
Incorrect timezone
If this parameter is not defined correctly, the time of the data associated to the station would be interpreted wrong. Check the parameter before uploading data, specially the first time.
As pointed out in the permissions page, Stations visibility can take a third option, internal
, that only allows registered users to visualize the data of the station. Stations also require change
permission in order to be able to upload data associated to that station and then validating it.
Basic Components¤
Country
¤
The country where a station or region is in.
Attributes:
Name | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
id |
int
|
Primary key. |
name |
str
|
Country name. |
Region
¤
A region within a country.
Attributes:
Name | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
id |
int
|
Primary key. |
name |
str
|
Name of the region. |
country |
Country
|
Country where the region is located. |
Ecosystem
¤
The ecosystem associated with a station.
Attributes:
Name | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
id |
int
|
Primary key. |
name |
str
|
Name of the ecosystem, e.g. rain forest. |
Institution
¤
Institutional partner responsible for a station.
Attributes:
Name | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
id |
int
|
Primary key. |
name |
str
|
Name of the institution. |
StationType
¤
Type of the station, indicating what it measures.
Attributes:
Name | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
id |
int
|
Primary key. |
name |
str
|
Name of the station type, e.g. pluvometric, hydrological. |
Place
¤
Specific place that a station is situated.
Attributes:
Name | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
id |
int
|
Primary key. |
name |
str
|
Name of the place, e.g. Huaraz. |
image |
ImageField
|
Photography/Map of the location. |
Basin
¤
River(s) basin where the station is located e.g. El Carmen.
Attributes:
Name | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
id |
int
|
Primary key. |
name |
str
|
Name of the basin, e.g. El Carmen. |
image |
ImageField
|
Photography/Map of the basin. |
file |
FileField
|
PDF file with details of the basin. |
PlaceBasin
¤
Core Components¤
Station
¤
Main representation of a station, including several metadata.
Attributes:
Name | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
visibility |
str
|
Visibility level of the object, including an "internal" option. |
station_id |
int
|
Primary key. |
station_code |
str
|
Unique code for the station. |
station_name |
str
|
Brief description of the station. |
station_type |
StationType
|
Type of the station. |
country |
Country
|
Country where the station is located. |
region |
Region
|
Region within the Country where the station is located. |
ecosystem |
Ecosystem
|
Ecosystem associated with the station. |
institution |
Institution
|
Institutional partner responsible for the station. |
place_basin |
PlaceBasin
|
Place-Basin association. |
station_state |
bool
|
Is the station operational? |
timezone |
str
|
Timezone of the station. |
station_latitude |
Decimal
|
Latitude of the station, in degrees [-90 to 90]. |
station_longitude |
Decimal
|
Longitude of the station, in degrees [-180 to 180]. |
station_altitude |
int
|
Altitude of the station. |
influence_km |
Decimal
|
Area of influence in km2. |
station_file |
ImageField
|
Photography of the station. |
station_external |
bool
|
Is the station external? |
variables |
str
|
Comma-separated list of variables measured by the station. |