1. Introduction¶
The Monitoring Module is a set of HEC-DSSVue scripts for managing environmental monitoring data. The following scripts are included:
- Importing water quality data measured using a hand-held meter (see Importing “field” data).
- Importing laboratory water quality analytical results (see Importing lab data).
- Importing continuous logger data (see Importing logger data).
- Creating timeseries plots of water quality data (see Creating timeseries plots (locations combined)).
HEC-DSS stores data using A- to F-parts. The Monitoring Module uses these as follows:
- A-part: Site name
- B-part: Monitoring point within the site
- C-part: Parameter, e.g. pH, temperature
- D-part: Time period
- E-part: Monitoring interval, e.g. every 15 minutes or irregular
- F-part: Version, e.g. raw or obs
The F-part can be used as part of a data quality control workflow. For example, imported data can be imported as raw and after checking and manipulation (as required) be saved as obs.
Note
In HEC-DSS, all parts are stored in uppercase letters, e.g. pH is saved as PH etc. This cannot be changed.