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Channel measurements

Schema

Name Title Type Units Values Description
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id Record identifier string (uuid)
A universally unique identifier (UUID) representing a single version of a record. It is not stable over time. Every time the record is refreshed in our database (which may happen as part of normal operations and does not imply any change to the data itself) a new ID will be generated. To uniquely identify a single observation over time, compare the `time` and `time_series_id` fields; each time series will only have a single observation at a given `time`.
monitoring_location_id Monitoring location ID string
A unique identifier representing a single monitoring location. This corresponds to the `id` field in the `monitoring-locations` endpoint. Monitoring location IDs are created by combining the agency code of the agency responsible for the monitoring location (e.g. USGS) with the ID number of the monitoring location (e.g. 02238500), separated by a hyphen (e.g. USGS-02238500).
field_visit_id Field visit ID string (uuid)
A universally unique identifier (UUID) for the field visit. Multiple measurements may be made during a single field visit.
measurement_number Measurement number string
Measurement number.
time Time string
The date an observation represents. You can query this field using date-times or intervals, adhering to RFC 3339, or using ISO 8601 duration objects. Intervals may be bounded or half-bounded (double-dots at start or end). Examples: - A date-time: "2018-02-12T23:20:50Z" - A bounded interval: "2018-02-12T00:00:00Z/2018-03-18T12:31:12Z" - Half-bounded intervals: "2018-02-12T00:00:00Z/.." or "../2018-03-18T12:31:12Z" - Duration objects: "P1M" for data from the past month or "PT36H" for the last 36 hours Only features that have a `time` that intersects the value of datetime are selected. If a feature has multiple temporal properties, it is the decision of the server whether only a single temporal property is used to determine the extent or all relevant temporal properties.
channel_name Channel name string
The channel name.
channel_flow Channel flow string
Channel discharge.
channel_flow_unit Channel flow unit string
The units for channel discharge.
channel_width Channel width string
The channel width.
channel_width_unit Channel width unit string
The units for channel width.
channel_area Channel area string
The channel area.
channel_area_unit Channel area unit string
The units for channel area.
channel_velocity Channel velocity string
The mean channel velocity.
channel_velocity_unit Channel velocity unit string
The units for channel velocity.
channel_location_distance Channel location distance string
The channel location distance.
channel_location_distance_unit Channel location distance unit string
The units for channel location distance.
channel_stability Channel stability string
The stability of the channel material.
channel_material Channel material string
The channel material.
channel_evenness Channel evenness string
The channel evenness from bank to bank.
horizontal_velocity_description Horizontal velocity description string
The horizontal velocity description.
vertical_velocity_description Vertical velocity description string
The vertical velocity description.
longitudinal_velocity_description Longitudinal velocity description string
The longitudinal velocity description.
measurement_type Measurement type string
The measurement type.
last_modified Last modified date string
The last time a record was refreshed in our database. This may happen due to regular operational processes and does not necessarily indicate anything about the measurement has changed. You can query this field using date-times or intervals, adhering to RFC 3339, or using ISO 8601 duration objects. Intervals may be bounded or half-bounded (double-dots at start or end). Examples: - A date-time: "2018-02-12T23:20:50Z" - A bounded interval: "2018-02-12T00:00:00Z/2018-03-18T12:31:12Z" - Half-bounded intervals: "2018-02-12T00:00:00Z/.." or "../2018-03-18T12:31:12Z" - Duration objects: "P1M" for data from the past month or "PT36H" for the last 36 hours Only features that have a `last_modified` that intersects the value of datetime are selected.
channel_measurement_type Channel measurement type string
The channel measurement type.
channel_location_direction Channel Location Direction string
Location of the measurement from the gage.