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Usace Cwms Timeseries Structure

Documentation of the data structure for time series responses from the USACE CWMS Data API

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Usace Cwms Timeseries Structure is a JSON Structure definition published by US Department of Defense.

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{
  "title": "USACE CWMS Time Series Structure",
  "description": "Documentation of the data structure for time series responses from the USACE CWMS Data API",
  "type": "object",
  "fields": [
    {
      "name": "name",
      "type": "string",
      "required": true,
      "description": "Time series identifier using dot-notation: Location.Parameter.Type.Interval.Duration.Version",
      "example": "TULA.Stage.Inst.15Minutes.0.GOES-REV"
    },
    {
      "name": "office-id",
      "type": "string",
      "required": true,
      "description": "USACE district office abbreviation (e.g., SWT=Tulsa District, LRH=Huntington District)",
      "example": "SWT"
    },
    {
      "name": "units",
      "type": "string",
      "required": true,
      "description": "Engineering unit for the parameter values (e.g., ft for stage, cfs for flow)",
      "example": "ft"
    },
    {
      "name": "interval",
      "type": "integer",
      "required": false,
      "description": "Regular interval between observations in minutes (0 for irregular)",
      "example": 15
    },
    {
      "name": "interval-offset",
      "type": "integer",
      "required": false,
      "description": "Offset from midnight in minutes for interval alignment",
      "example": 0
    },
    {
      "name": "time-zone",
      "type": "string",
      "required": false,
      "description": "IANA timezone name for interpreting timestamp values",
      "example": "UTC"
    },
    {
      "name": "values",
      "type": "array",
      "required": true,
      "description": "Array of observations, each as a 3-element array: [epoch_ms, measurement, quality_code]",
      "itemStructure": {
        "index_0": {
          "name": "timestamp",
          "type": "integer",
          "description": "Unix timestamp in milliseconds (UTC)"
        },
        "index_1": {
          "name": "value",
          "type": "number",
          "description": "Measured value in the specified units (-9999999.0 indicates missing)"
        },
        "index_2": {
          "name": "quality_code",
          "type": "integer",
          "description": "CWMS quality code: 0=Unscreened, 2=Okay, 4=Missing, 8=Questionable"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "page",
      "type": "string",
      "required": false,
      "description": "Opaque pagination cursor for the current page"
    },
    {
      "name": "next-page",
      "type": "string",
      "required": false,
      "description": "Cursor for retrieving the next page; null when on the last page"
    },
    {
      "name": "total",
      "type": "integer",
      "required": false,
      "description": "Total number of observations matching the query"
    }
  ]
}

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