Site

project

project

Description

Example

Required: True

Type: <class ‘str’>

Units: None

Name of the project

USMTArray

survey

survey

Description

Example

Required: True

Type: <class ‘str’>

Units: None

Name of the survey

MT 2020

year_collected

year_collected

Description

Example

Required: True

Type: mt_metadata.common.mttime.MTime | str | float | int | Units: None

Year data collected

2020

country

country

Description

Example

Required: False

Type: <class ‘str’>

Units: None

Country where data was collected

USA

id

id

Description

Example

Required: True

Type: <class ‘str’>

Units: None

Station ID name. This should be an alpha numeric name that is typically 5-6 characters long. Commonly the project name in 2 or 3 letters and the station number.

MT001

name

name

Description

Example

Required: True

Type: <class ‘str’>

Units: None

closest geographic name to the station

“Whitehorse, YK”

acquired_by

acquired_by

Description

Example

Required: True

Type: <class ‘str’>

Units: None

Person or group who collected the data

MT Group

start

start

Description

Example

Required: True

Type: mt_metadata.common.mttime.MTime | str | float | int | Units: None

Date time when the data collection started

2020-01- 01T12:00:00

end

end

Description

Example

Required: True

Type: mt_metadata.common.mttime.MTime | str | float | int | Units: None

Date time when the data collection ended

2020-05- 01T12:00:00

run_list

run_list

Description

Example

Required: True

Type: list[str] | None

Units: None

list of runs recorded by the station. Should be a summary of all runs recorded

“[ mt001a, mt001b, mt001c ]”

data_quality_notes.good_from_period

data_quality_notes.good_from_period

Description

Example

Required: False

Type: float | None

Units: None

Data are good for periods larger than this number

0.01

data_quality_notes.good_to_period

data_quality_notes.good_to_period

Description

Example

Required: False

Type: float | None

Units: None

Data are good for periods smaller than this number

1000

data_quality_notes.rating

data_quality_notes.rating

Description

Example

Required: False

Type: int | None

Units: None

Rating of the data from 0 to 5 where 5 is the best and 0 is unrated

4

data_quality_notes.comments.author

data_quality_notes.comments.author

Description

Example

Required: False

Type: str | None

Units: None

person who authored the comment

  1. Pedantic

data_quality_notes.comments.time_stamp

data_quality_notes.comments.time_stamp

Description

Example

Required: False

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

data_quality_notes.comments.value

data_quality_notes.comments.value

Description

Example

Required: False

Type: str | list | None

Units: None

comment string

failure at midnight.

data_quality_warnings.flag

data_quality_warnings.flag

Description

Example

Required: False

Type: int | None

Units: None

Flag for data quality

0

data_quality_warnings.comments.author

data_quality_warnings.comments.author

Description

Example

Required: False

Type: str | None

Units: None

person who authored the comment

  1. Pedantic

data_quality_warnings.comments.time_stamp

data_quality_warnings.comments.time_stamp

Description

Example

Required: False

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

data_quality_warnings.comments.value

data_quality_warnings.comments.value

Description

Example

Required: False

Type: str | list | None

Units: None

comment string

failure at midnight.

orientation.angle_to_geographic_north

orientation.angle_to_geographic_north

Description

Example

Required: True

Type: <class ‘float’>

Units: degrees

Angle to geographic north of the station orientation

0

orientation.layout

orientation.layout

Description

Example

Required: True

Type: <enum ‘ChannelOrientationEnum’>

Units: None

Orientation of channels relative to each other

orthogonal

location.latitude

location.latitude

Description

Example

Required: False

Type: float | None

Units: degrees

Latitude of the location.

12.324

location.longitude

location.longitude

Description

Example

Required: False

Type: float | None

Units: degrees

Longitude of the location.

12.324

location.elevation

location.elevation

Description

Example

Required: False

Type: <class ‘float’>

Units: meters

Elevation of the location.

1234.0

comments.author

comments.author

Description

Example

Required: False

Type: str | None

Units: None

person who authored the comment

  1. Pedantic

comments.time_stamp

comments.time_stamp

Description

Example

Required: False

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

comments.value

comments.value

Description

Example

Required: False

Type: str | list | None

Units: None

comment string

failure at midnight.