Example SQL for Stations
From Earth Science Information Partners (ESIP)
Back to WCS Access to netCDF Files
A Real life example how to download and serve station timeseries point data.
AIRNOW
AIRNOW is an EPA site.
PM 2.5, PM 10 and ozone data can be downloaded from yearly folders in text form.
The Design of the Database
Location table
parameter tables
the importance of views, flexibility of SQL, snapshot views
creating data views
calculating statistics to filter the location table
registering using python dictionaries