Meteorology Station

In Katmandoo, Meteorology Station is used to provide rainfall information for a site on every year. Monthly rainfall information for every year of a site is stored in the SiteYear factor table.

The rainfall information can be collected from the Bureau of Meteorology.

Unknown Meteorology Station

Column Name	Description
MetStationId (PK)	Identification Number that uniquely identifies a Meteorology Station used to measure rainfall data of a site. This is an Integer Auto Number and is generated by the database automatically.
MetStationName (AK)	Name that uniquely identifies a Meteorology Station used to measure rainfall data of a site.
LocationId (FK)	Identification Number of Location that identifies the location where the meteorology station is located.

• Virtual columns can be added to the MetStationFactor table.
• MetStation tab in the Data Dictionary has detailed information on the columuns used in MetStation and MetStationFactor tables.

Following information must exist before a meteorology station can be added into the database.

• Location: The name and postcode of the location (where the meteorology station is located) must exist in the location table. If the location information is not available, then Unknown location should be used.

The meteorology station navigator allows user to quickly find the meteorology stations at a location. The nodes of the navigator are generated using the Location Names and its Postcode that are retrieved from the database. The nodes are sorted into location name order.

Important Note: Katmandoo automatically selects the node that was selected last time (ie before closing the navigator or Katmadoo).

[ Task > Trial > Site > Manage Meteorology Station ] to activate the meteorology station navigator.

• Click here for an illustration of the navigator template.

Illustrative snapshot:

1. Filter based search (in the snapshot, only the locations starting with "*" are loaded to generate the navigator nodes).
2. The first location node (.All Location|.All) of the navigator, when clicked it displays all the meteorology stations.
3. Other location nodes are generated by concatenating location names and their postcode separated by "|" (pipe).
4. Meteorology Station Main Form displaying meteorology stations at the selected location ie (.All Location|.All in the snapshot).

To display Contacts in the Meteorology Station Main Form, follow the steps below:

• Load the meteorology station navigator
• Click on a location node (the following snapshot .All Location|.All) to display the meteorology stations at the location.

Illustrative snapshot:

1. Meteorology Station Navigator with all the location nodes.
   • Click here for an illustration of the navigator template.
2. Meteorology Station Main Form displaying the meteorology stations at the selected location.
   • Use [ View > Arrange columns in Main Form ] to change default order of displayed. Alternately it can be changed by editing the column list of the Misc Group MetStationSetupDataGrid.
   • Click here for an illustration of the main form template.
3. Meteorology Station subform displays Virtual Column information of the selected Contact in the Meteorology Station Main Form ("Unknown Meteorology Station" in the snapshot).

To add/edit a Meteorology Station, follow the steps below :

• Select a Meteorology Station in the Meteorology Station main form to modify.
• Use [ Record > Add MetStation ] or [ Record > Edit MetStation ] or [ Record > Repeat MetStation ] to load the Meteorology Station Setup Form to add/edit a meteorology station.
  • Click here for an illustration of the setup form template.

Illustrative snapshot:

1. The meteorology station name is disabled as the meteorology station has dependant data. Click here for information on editing restricted value.
2. Click to reload the Locations from the database.
3. Virtual column name (in second step of the wizard). Click here for information on the Virtual column data entry data grid.
   • Important Note: If there is not any virtual column for MetStationFactor table, then second page is disabled.
4. A value for the displayed Virtual column can be entered on this part of the data grid.

Export

• Click on Export button in the main form or use [ Record > Export > Export Meteorology Station ] to start Export Wizard to export displayed Meteorology Stations. 
• Use [ Record > Export > Export Data Entry Template ] to start Export Template Wizard to export required column (to import later) into a Excel spreadsheet that can be used to enter Meteorology Stations. The spreadsheet can be used by the Import Wizard to import Meteorology Stations into the database.

Import

• Click on Import button in the main form or use [ Record > Import > Import Meteorology Station ] to start Import Wizard to import Meteorology Stations from an external source file.
  
  • The default order of columns displayed can be changed by editing the column list of the Misc Group MetStationSetupDataGrid.
  • The source file must have MetStationName.
  • click here to read important note on importing data.