hydroJSON.json

{
    "STATION1": {//AKA Location ID
        "name": "string",
        "responsibility": "code or description of responsible office/database",
        "coordinates": {
            "latitude": "float",
            "longitude": "float",
            "datum": "string"
        },
        "HUC": "Numeric HUC Code",
        
        "NIDID":"string", //optional, the national inventory of dams ID number if the location is a dam
        "NID Owner":"string", //optional, the NID owner string (CENAE = Corps of Engineers, New England District)
        "elevation": {
            "value": "float",
            "accuracy": "float",
            "datum": "string",
            "units": "string", //the units(ft or m) for the elevation, in MSL
            "method": "string (full explanation)"
        },
        "timezone": "string, full name US/Pacific",
        "tz_offset": "string, -08:00 like the tail end of the ISO-8601", //optional
        "time_format": "strftime/ISO-8601",
        "active_flag": "character T/F",
        "location_type": "string e.g. Reservoir or streamgage", //API Call in CWMSdd
        "location_kind_id" : "string", //The CWMS Kind ID (Project, lock, Turbine, etc.) Not to be confused with location_types, which are non-domained
        "URL_Local": "string", //URL of the local WM page for this location
        "URL_National": "string", //URL to the national DB WM page for this location
        "timeseries":{
          "TS_ID1": {
           "values": [
                [
                    "TIMESTAMP", //convention for timestamps, will return an integer if applicable otherwise a string
                    "VALUE", //float
                    "QUALITY" //Could be a string, integer, list, or "hash" specified below
                ],
                [
                    "TIMESTAMP",
                    "VALUE",
                    "QUALITY"
                ]
            ],
            "site_quality": [ //Optional could be a sparse timeseries
                [
                    "TIMESTAMP",
                    "VALUE"
                ],
                [
                    "TIMESTAMP",
                    "VALUE"
                ]
            ],
            "hash": "string md5", //hash of the timeseries, optional 
            "quality_type": "string",
            "parameter": "",
            "duration": "", //interval over which the duration applies
            "interval": "", //nominal frequency
            "units": "",
            "count": "integer", //count of values in the timeseries
            "min_value": "float", //a timeslice e.g. [timestamp,value] 
            "max_value": "float", //a timeslice e.g. [timestamp,value]
            "start_timestamp": "TIMESTAMP",
            "end_timestamp": "TIMESTAMP"
          }
      }
       }
    }
}