Stations¶
Stations are the top level for an MT sounding. There are 2 station containers mth5.groups.MasterStationsGroup and mth5.groups.StationGroup.
Master Stations Group¶
mth5.groups.MasterStationsGroup is an umbrella container that holds a collection of mth5.groups.StationGroup objects and contains a summary table that summarizes all stations within the survey. Use mth5.groups.MasterStationsGroup to add/get/remove stations.
No metadata currently accompanies mth5.groups.MasterStationsGroup. There will soon be a list of mth5.groups.StationGroup objects for all stations.
There are 2 ways to add/remove/get stations. Add/get will return a mth5.groups.StationGroup. If adding a station that has the same name as an existing station the mth5.groups.StationGroup returned will be of the existing station and no station will be added. Change the name or update the existing staiton. If getting a station that does not exist a mth5.utils.exceptions.MTH5Error will be raised.
1) Using stations_group¶
The first way to add/get/remove stations is from the :attribute:`mth5.MTH5.stations_group` which is a mth5.groups.MasterStationsGroup object.
>>> stations = mth5_obj.stations_group
>>> type(stations)
mth5.groups.MasterStationsGroup
>>> stations
/Survey/Stations:
====================
|- Group: MT001
---------------
|- Group: MT001a
----------------
--> Dataset: Ex
.................
--> Dataset: Ey
.................
--> Dataset: Hx
.................
--> Dataset: Hy
.................
--> Dataset: Hz
.................
--> Dataset: Summary
......................
From the stations_group you can add/remove/get a station.
To add a station:
>>> new_station = stations.add_station('MT002')
>>> print(type(new_station))
mth5.groups.StationGroup
>>> new_station
/Survey/Stations/MT002:
====================
--> Dataset: Summary
......................
To get an existing station:
>>> existing_station = stations.get_station('MT001')
To remove an existing station:
>>> stations.remove_station('MT002')
>>> stations.group_list
['Summary', 'MT001']
2) Using Covnenience methods¶
The second way to add/remove/get stations is from the convenience functions in mth5.MTH5. These use the same methods as the mth5.groups.MasterStationsGroup but can be accessed directly.
To add a station:
>>> new_station = mth5_obj.add_station('MT002')
>>> mth5_obj
/:
====================
|- Group: Survey
----------------
|- Group: Filters
-----------------
--> Dataset: Summary
......................
|- Group: Reports
-----------------
--> Dataset: Summary
......................
|- Group: Standards
-------------------
--> Dataset: Summary
......................
|- Group: Stations
------------------
|- Group: MT001
---------------
--> Dataset: Summary
......................
|- Group: MT002
---------------
--> Dataset: Summary
......................
--> Dataset: Summary
......................
To get an existing station:
>>> existing_station = mth5_obj.get_station('MT002')
To remove an existing station:
>>> mth5_obj.remove_station('MT002')
Summary Table¶
Column |
Description |
|---|---|
archive_id |
Station archive name |
start |
Start time of the station (ISO format) |
end |
End time of the station (ISO format) |
components |
All components measured by the station |
measurement_type |
All measurement types collected by the station |
location.latitude |
Station latitude (decimal degrees) |
location.longitude |
Station longitude (decimal degrees) |
location.elevation |
Station elevation (meters) |
hdf5_reference |
Internal HDF5 reference |
Station Group¶
A single station is contained within a mth5.groups.StationGroup object, which has the appropriate metadata for a single station. mth5.groups.StationGroup contains all the runs for that station.
Summary Table¶
The summary table in mth5.groups.StationGroup summarizes all runs for that station.
Column |
Description |
|---|---|
id |
Run ID |
start |
Start time of the run (ISO format) |
end |
End time of the run (ISO format) |
components |
All components measured for that run |
measurement_type |
Type of measurement for that run |
sample_rate |
Sample rate of the run (samples/second) |
hdf5_reference |
Internal HDF5 reference |
Metadata¶
Metadata is accessed through the metadata property, which is a mth5.metadata.Station object.
>>> type(new_station.metadata)
mth5.metadata.Station
>>> new_station.metadata
{
"station": {
"acquired_by.author": null,
"acquired_by.comments": null,
"archive_id": "FL001",
"channel_layout": "X",
"channels_recorded": [
"Hx",
"Hy",
"Hz",
"Ex",
"Ey"
],
"comments": null,
"data_type": "BB, LP",
"geographic_name": "Beachy Keen, FL, USA",
"hdf5_reference": "<HDF5 object reference>",
"id": "FL001",
"location.declination.comments": "Declination obtained from the instrument GNSS NMEA sequence",
"location.declination.model": "Unknown",
"location.declination.value": -4.1,
"location.elevation": 0.0,
"location.latitude": 29.7203555,
"location.longitude": -83.4854715,
"mth5_type": "Station",
"orientation.method": "compass",
"orientation.reference_frame": "geographic",
"provenance.comments": null,
"provenance.creation_time": "2020-05-29T21:08:40+00:00",
"provenance.log": null,
"provenance.software.author": "Anna Kelbert, USGS",
"provenance.software.name": "mth5_metadata.m",
"provenance.software.version": "2020-05-29",
"provenance.submitter.author": "Anna Kelbert, USGS",
"provenance.submitter.email": "akelbert@usgs.gov",
"provenance.submitter.organization": "USGS Geomagnetism Program",
"time_period.end": "2015-01-29T16:18:14+00:00",
"time_period.start": "2015-01-08T19:49:15+00:00"
}
}
See also
mth5.groups.StationGroup