Station Dashboard

Introduction

The Station Dashboard displays station data in graphical form. Graphs are enabled based on data availability for the station that is viewed. Hourly precipitation is displayed and other data types display the instantaneous values.

Searchable

A list of all stations is located at the top of the Dashboard. This list is ordered first by NovaScore and second by station id. In other words, stations with the highest risk of potential problems are listed first in this list. The color of the station text matches the color of the marker on the map, both of which indicate the NovaScore.

Note the top element in the list is an empty text area with a magnifying glass to the right. As letters are typed in this area, the list is refined to show only stations with name or id having a matching sequence of letters.

Graphs

Graphs can be zoomed by clicking the left mouse button and dragging the cursor over the desired area. All graphs will be zoomed to the same time period. Once zoomed, a Reset zoom buttom appears on the interface.

Hovering over any part of the graph area will display the time and data value for the graph closest to the cursor location. Data for the other graphs is also displayed. Because not every data set contains the same time sequences, the closest time and data value is displayed.

Alarms

Alarms are triggered by conditions set in NovaStar. These alarms, when active, will also display on the station dashboard chart at the time corresponding to when the alarm was triggered. Hovering over the alarm icon displays alarm information.

Alarm Information(see full-size image)

Period of Record

By default, one week of data is displayed in the charts. However, a longer period of record can be displayed by selecting a different time frame in the period of record pulldown. Among the obvious 1 week, 1 month, etc., a custom option is provided to select a unique start and end date.

Images

Note in the top portion above charts, some stations also provide images or diagrams. Once any image is clicked, all images associated with that station are displayed in a galleria, allowing larger viewing of images.

Download Chart Data

Two methods to downloading chart data are provided. First, the entire page of data can be downloaded in CSV or JSON format using the hamburger menu next to the station selection pulldown.

Second, individual chart data in many more formats is available using the hamburger menu next to each chart.