Configuring-Observation-Parameters.md

Observation parameters define what can be read from the database.

List All Parameters

In parameters directive a list of ALL possible observation parameter names that can be requested from smartmet-server's interface.

parameters:
[
        "Temperature",
        "Pressure",
        "some_silly_thing"
];

Define All Parameters (Again But Better)

All of the names previously defined in parameters array have to be defined a second time. This time each of them is mapped to a database. Each definition is it's own object and the name must match the item in the array.

The attributes are the same as the names in stationtypes array and their values specify something in the database. Perhaps this is how the observations are named in the database?

In the example a parameter named Temperature can be used in a timeseries request. When the producer has the value local it will search a parameter named 123 from the database. If the producer is named foreign it will search a parameter names temperatureparam in the database.

Temperature:
{
        local = "123";
        foreign = "temperatureparam";
};

Pressure:
{
        local = "456";
        foreign = "super_pressure";
};

some_silly_thing:
{
        local = "789";
        foreign = "RadiationXYZ";
};