Overview
Exports time series data in a tabular ASCII format from the Australian Bureau of Meteorology (HCS). The files consist of a set of header lines and then lines with a fixed number of fields. The fields are separated by a comma and the order is fixed. Multiple locations and parameters can be put in a single file.
Properties
String systemName configurable as a property for use in header. Default: "HYDS"
#HEADER: Generated by (system): 'systemName'
String sensorDataType configurable as a property for use in the data rows. Default: "6".
String unit is configurable as a property for use in the data rows. Default: "mm".
The file format
The file format is described in the BOM document "External Agency Hydrological data Transfer - Client Requirements, Version 2.20".
An example of a file is shown below:
# HEADER: Agency Id: BoM # HEADER: File Generation Date: 2008-08-01T14:30:45z # HEADER: File Format: BOM-HCS # HEADER: File Format Version: 2.0 # HEADER: Generated by (system): TimeStudio # HEADER: Number of Records: 11 # HEADER: Local ObsTime Offset: 0 # HEADER: Data Fields: IndexNo, SensorType, SensorDataType, SiteIdType, SiteId, ObservationTimestamp, RealValue, Unit, SensorTypeParam1, SensorTypeParam2, Quality, Comment 1,"WL",1,"SLSR","44198-01-01","2008-02-01T01:07:06z",1.150000,"metres","LGH",,1,"" 2,"WL",1,"SLSR","44198-01-01","2008-02-01T01:08:06z",1.200000,"metres","LGH",,1,"" 3,"WL",1,"SLSR","44198-01-01","2008-02-01T01:43:06z",1.150000,"metres","LGH",,1,"" 4,"WL",1,"SLSR","44198-01-01","2008-02-01T01:46:06z",1.200000,"metres","LGH",,1,"" 5,"WL",1,"SLSR","44198-01-01","2008-02-01T02:04:06z",1.150000,"metres","LGH",,1,"" 6,"WL",1,"SLSR","44198-01-01","2008-02-01T02:11:06z",1.200000,"metres","LGH",,1,"" 7,"WL",1,"SLSR","44198-01-01","2008-02-01T02:16:06z",1.150000,"metres","LGH",,1,"" 8,"WL",1,"SLSR","44198-01-01","2008-02-01T02:22:06z",1.200000,"metres","LGH",,1,"" 9,"WL",1,"SLSR","44198-01-01","2008-02-01T02:23:06z",1.150000,"metres","LGH",,1,"" 10,"WL",1,"SLSR","44198-01-01","2008-02-01T02:25:06z",1.200000,"metres","LGH",,1,"" 11,"WL",1,"SLSR","44198-01-01","2008-02-01T02:28:06z",1.150000,"metres","LGH",,1,""
