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DELFT-FEWS supports a number of time zones:

Name

Decription

GMT equivalent

MIT

West Samoa Time

winter and summer:GMT-11

HST

Hawaii Standard Time

winter and summer:GMT-10

AST

Alaska Standard Time

winter:GMT-9 summer:GMT-8

PST

Pacific Standard Time

winter:GMT-8 summer:GMT-7

MST

Mountain Standard Time

winter and summer:GMT-7

MST7MDT

Mountain Daylight Saving Time

winter: GMT-7 summer:GMT-6

PNT

Mountain Standard Time

winter and summer:GMT-7

CST

Central Standard Time

winter:GMT-6 summer:GMT-5

EST

Eastern Standard Time

winter and summer:GMT-5

IET

Eastern Standard Time

winter:GMT-5 summer:GMT-4

PRT

Atlantic Standard Time

winter and summer:GMT-4

CNT

Newfoundland Standard Time

winter:GMT-3:30 summer:GMT-2:30

AGT

Argentine Time

winter:GMT-3 summer:GMT-2

BET

Brasilia Time

winter:GMT-3 summer:GMT-2

GMT/BSTUK British timewinter:GMT+0 summer:GMT+1

WET

Western European Time

winter:GMT+0 summer:GMT+1

CET

Central European Time

winter:GMT+1 summer:GMT+2

MET

Middle Europe Time

winter:GMT+1 summer:GMT+2

CAT

Central African Time

winter and summer:GMT+2

EET

Eastern European Time

winter:GMT+2 summer:GMT+3

EAT

Eastern African Time

winter and summer:GMT+3

AZT

Azerbaijan Time

winter:GMT+4 summer:GMT+5

NET

Armenia Time

winter:GMT+4 summer:GMT+5

PLT

Pakistan Time

winter and summer:GMT+5

IST

India Standard Time

winter and summer:GMT+5:30

BST

Bangladesh Time

winter and summer:GMT+6

VST

Indochina Time

winter and summer:GMT+7

PRC

China Standard Time

winter and summer:GMT+8

JST

Japan Standard Time

winter and summer:GMT+9

ROK

Korea Standard Time

winter and summer:GMT+9

ACT

Australia Central Time (Northern Territory)

winter and summer:GMT+9:30

AET

Australia Eastern Time (New South Wales)

winter:GMT+10 summer:GMT+11

AWT

Australia Western Time

winter:GMT+8 summer:GMT+9

ACST

Australia Standard Central Standard Time

winter and summer GMT+9:30

AEST

Australia Eastern Standard Time

winter and summer GMT+10

SST

Solomon Is. Time

winter and summer:GMT+11

NST

New Zealand Standard Time

winter:GMT+12 summer:GMT+13

You can now specify any timezone in relation to GMT e.g.

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DELFT-FEWS supports a list of units. Most of these are SI units.

Unit

Description

m

Metres

mm

Millimetres

m3/s

Cubic meters per second

oC

Degrees Centigraed

mm/hr

Millimetres per hour

%

Percentage

g

 

s

 

degrees

Degrees (directional)

Bft

Beaufort

m/s

Metres per second

-

Dimensionless

W/m2

Watts per metre squared

A.4 Data quality flags

Quality flags are constructed on a philosophy of two qualifiers. The first describes the origin of the data and the second the quality.

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Table 1                   Enumeration of quality flags

Enumeration

Description

0

Original/Reliable
The data value is the original value retrieved from an external source and it successfully passes all validation criteria set.

1

Corrected/Reliable
The original value was removed and corrected. Correction may be through interpolation or manual editing.

2

Completed/Reliable
Original value was missing. Value has been filled in through interpolation, transformation (e.g. stage discharge) or a model.

3

Original/Doubtful
Observed value retrieved from external data source. Value is valid, but marked as suspect due to soft validation limits being exceeded.

4

Corrected/Doubtful
The original value was removed and corrected. However, the corrected value is doubtful due to validation limits.

5

Completed/Doubtful
Original value was missing. Value has been filled in as above, but resulting value is doubtful due to limits in transformation/interpolation or input value used for transformation being doubtful.

6

Original/Unreliable
Observed value retrieved from external data source. Value is invalid due to validation limits set. Value is marked as unreliable and will not be used in transformations and model calculations.

7

Corrected/Unreliable
The original value was removed and corrected. However, corrected value is unreliable

8

Completed/Unreliable
Original value was missing. Value has been filled in as above, but resulting value is unreliable,

9

Missing value in originally observed series. Note this is a special form of  both Original/Unreliable and Original/Reliable.

Notes:

  • No difference is made between historic and forecast data. This is not considered a quality flag. The data model of DELFT-FEWS is constructed such that this difference is inherent to the time series type definition.

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To allow optimisation of data flows in DELFT-FEWS when set-up in a distributed environment, synchronisation levels (synchLevel) can be defined. These synchronisation levels are integers. The behaviour of each synch level is determined through the configuration of the synchronisation channels and synchronisation profiles. When required additional synchronisation levels can be added to further refine the synchronisation process. The current convention is;

synchLevel

description

application

0

All (scalar) data from a forecast run. Since 2012.02 this is the default for simulated. Before 2012.02 this synch level was used as default for all types

all systems

1

Scalar time series imported from telemetry. Since 2012.02 this is the default for external timeseries. NB the length of data synchronised will depend on the login-profile selected. Typically this will be data generated up to 7 days ago

all systems

2

All grid data from a forecast run (e.g. Flood Mapping results)

all systems

3

Large volumes of scalar data such as CatAvg data (forecasts, actuals & NWP)

all systems

4

Used for data imported infrequently such as Astronomical or Climatological data

all systems

5

Data edited on OC. Since 2012.02 this synch level is automatically used on OC. Configuration no longer required.

all systems

6

(small) Grid data imported from external forecast (synchronised to OC)

all systems

7

Grid data imported from external forecast (synchronised to FSS & MC only, and not to OC)

all systems

8

Performance indicator time series. These are time series that do not need to be synchronised with a short synchronisation interval or when a forecaster logs in with a minimum profile.

all systems

9

Temporary time series not requiring synchronisation. This synch level is automatically used for time series type temporary

all systems

11

Specific ModuleDataset files, which should be downloaded and activated directly after logging in and after each upload of a new version of the file (synch to OC). This is used in the Configuration manager when uploading the module dataset

most systems

16

(large) Grid data imported from external forecast (synch. to OC)

NFFS: to distinguish between small (synchLevel 6) and large grids

20

WarmStates (to be specified if there is need to synch to OC - needed for local runs in IFD)

all systems

21

Aggregated grids (flows/heads) forecasts

used in NGMS

22

Grids data (heads) timeseries

used in NGMS

23

Grids data (flows) timeseries

used in NGMS

30

Timeseries modifiers

used in CHPS (NWS)

90-100

Reserved

used internally