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country

country	Description	Example
Required: False Type: str | list[str] | None Units: None	Country of the geographic location, should be spelled out in full. Can be a list of countries.	United States of America

state

state	Description	Example
Required: False Type: str | list[str] | None Units: None	State or province of the geographic location, should be spelled out in full. Can be a list of states or provinces.	[Colorado, Utah]

county

county	Description	Example
Required: False Type: str | list[str] | None Units: None	County of the geographic location, should be spelled out in full. Can be a list of counties.	[Douglass, Fayet]

township

township	Description	Example
Required: False Type: str | list[str] | None Units: None	Township or city name or code.	090

section

section	Description	Example
Required: False Type: str | list[str] | None Units: None	Section name or code.	012

quarter

quarter	Description	Example
Required: False Type: str | list[str] | None Units: None	Quarter section code.	400

parcel

parcel	Description	Example
Required: False Type: str | list[str] | None Units: None	Land parcel ID.	46b29a

latitude

latitude	Description	Example
Required: False Type: float | None Units: degrees	Latitude of the location.	12.324

longitude

longitude	Description	Example
Required: False Type: float | None Units: degrees	Longitude of the location.	12.324

elevation

elevation	Description	Example
Required: False Type: <class ‘float’> Units: meters	Elevation of the location.	1234.0

datum

datum	Description	Example
Required: False Type: str | int Units: None	Datum of the location values. Usually a well known datum like WGS84.	WGS 84

x

x	Description	Example
Required: False Type: <class ‘float’> Units: meters	relative distance to the center of the station	10.0

y

y	Description	Example
Required: False Type: <class ‘float’> Units: meters	relative distance to the center of the station	10.0

z

z	Description	Example
Required: False Type: <class ‘float’> Units: meters	relative elevation to the center of the station	10.0

acqby

acqby	Description	Example
Required: False Type: str | None Units: None	person, group, company, university that collected the data	mt experts

acqdate

acqdate	Description	Example
Required: True Type: mt_metadata.common.mttime.MTime | str | float | int | Units: None	Start date the time series data were collected	2020-01-01

coordinate_system

coordinate_system	Description	Example
Required: True Type: <enum ‘GeographicReferenceFrameEnum’> Units: None	coordinate system the transfer function is currently in. Its preferred the transfer function be in a geographic coordinate system for archiving and sharing.	geopgraphic

dataid

dataid	Description	Example
Required: True Type: <class ‘str’> Units: None	station ID.	mt001

enddate

enddate	Description	Example
Required: False Type: mt_metadata.common.mttime.MTime | str | float | int | Units: None	End date the time series data were collected	2020-01-01

empty

empty	Description	Example
Required: True Type: <class ‘float’> Units: None	null data values, usually a large number	1E+32

fileby

fileby	Description	Example
Required: True Type: <class ‘str’> Units: None	person, group, company, university that made the file	mt experts

filedate

filedate	Description	Example
Required: True Type: mt_metadata.common.mttime.MTime | str | float | int | Units: None	Date the file was made	2020-01-01

progdate

progdate	Description	Example
Required: True Type: mt_metadata.common.mttime.MTime | str | float | int | Units: None	Date of the most recent update of the program used to make the file	2020-01-01

progname

progname	Description	Example
Required: True Type: <class ‘str’> Units: None	Name of the program used to make the file.	mt_metadata

progvers

progvers	Description	Example
Required: True Type: <class ‘str’> Units: None	Version of the program used to make the file.	0.1.6

project

project	Description	Example
Required: False Type: str | None Units: None	Name of the project the data was collected for, usually a short description or acronym of the project name.	iMUSH

prospect

prospect	Description	Example
Required: False Type: str | None Units: None	Name of the prospect the data was collected for, usually a short description of the location	Benton

loc

loc	Description	Example
Required: False Type: str | None Units: None	Usually a short description of the location	Benton, CA

declination.comments.author

declination.comments.author	Description	Example
Required: True Type: str | None Units: None	person who authored the comment	Pedantic

declination.comments.time_stamp

declination.comments.time_stamp	Description	Example
Required: True Type: float | int | numpy.datetime64 | pa ndas._libs.tslibs.timestamps.Timest Units: None	Date and time of in UTC of when comment was made.	2020-02- 01T09:23:45.453 670+00:00

declination.comments.value

declination.comments.value	Description	Example
Required: True Type: str | list | None Units: None	comment string	failure at midnight.

declination.model

declination.model	Description	Example
Required: True Type: <enum ‘GeomagneticModelEnum’> Units: None	geomagnetic reference model used to calculate declination	WMM

declination.epoch

declination.epoch	Description	Example
Required: True Type: str | None Units: None	Epoch for which declination was approximated in.	2020

declination.value

declination.value	Description	Example
Required: True Type: <class ‘float’> Units: degrees	declination angle relative to geographic north positive clockwise	12.5

stdvers

stdvers	Description	Example
Required: True Type: <enum ‘StdEDIversionsEnum’> Units: None	EDI standards version SEG 1.0	SEG 1.0

survey

survey	Description	Example
Required: False Type: str | None Units: None	Name of the survey	CONUS

units

units	Description	Example
Required: True Type: str | None Units: None	In the EDI standards this is the elevation units, in newer versions this should be units of the transfer function.	milliVolt per kilometer per nanoTesla