ucar.unidata.data.point
Interface PointOb

All Superinterfaces:

Data, Thing

All Known Subinterfaces:

StationOb

All Known Implementing Classes:

PointObField, PointObTuple, StationObTuple

public interface PointOb
extends Data

Abstraction for a point observation (values at a lat, lon, (alt) & time) would handle the most generic thing like a lightning flash, or something more specific like a METAR.

Version:

$Revision: 1.12 $ $Date: 2006/12/01 20:42:34 $

Author:

MetApps Development Team

Field Summary

static int	BAD_INDEX Used when finding indices of param names in the tuple
static String	PARAM_ALT Parameter name for altitude
static String	PARAM_ID Parameter name for the id
static String	PARAM_IDN Parameter name for the id
static String	PARAM_LAT Parameter name for latitude
static String	PARAM_LON Parameter name for longitude
static String	PARAM_TIME Parameter name for time

Fields inherited from interface visad.Data

ABS, ACOS, ACOS_DEGREES, ADD, ASIN, ASIN_DEGREES, ATAN, ATAN_DEGREES, ATAN2, ATAN2_DEGREES, CEIL, COS, COS_DEGREES, DEGREES_TO_RADIANS, DEPENDENT, DIVIDE, EXP, FLOOR, INDEPENDENT, INV_ATAN2, INV_ATAN2_DEGREES, INV_DIVIDE, INV_POW, INV_REMAINDER, INV_SUBTRACT, LOG, MAX, MIN, MULTIPLY, NEAREST_NEIGHBOR, NEGATE, NO_ERRORS, NOP, POW, RADIANS_TO_DEGREES, REMAINDER, RINT, ROUND, SIN, SIN_DEGREES, SQRT, SUBTRACT, TAN, TAN_DEGREES, WEIGHTED_AVERAGE

Method Summary

Data	getData() Get the data associated with this observation.
DateTime	getDateTime() Get the time of the observation.
EarthLocation	getEarthLocation() Get the location (lat/lon/alt) of the observation.

Methods inherited from interface visad.Data

abs, abs, acos, acos, acosDegrees, acosDegrees, add, add, adjustSamplingError, asin, asin, asinDegrees, asinDegrees, atan, atan, atan2, atan2, atan2Degrees, atan2Degrees, atanDegrees, atanDegrees, binary, binary, ceil, ceil, changeMathType, computeRanges, computeRanges, computeRanges, cos, cos, cosDegrees, cosDegrees, dataClone, divide, divide, exp, exp, floor, floor, getType, isMissing, local, log, log, longString, longString, max, max, min, min, multiply, multiply, negate, negate, pow, pow, remainder, remainder, rint, rint, round, round, sin, sin, sinDegrees, sinDegrees, sqrt, sqrt, subtract, subtract, tan, tan, tanDegrees, tanDegrees, unary, unary

Methods inherited from interface visad.Thing

addReference, removeReference

Field Detail

BAD_INDEX

static final int BAD_INDEX

Used when finding indices of param names in the tuple

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Constant Field Values

PARAM_LAT

static final String PARAM_LAT

Parameter name for latitude

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Constant Field Values

PARAM_LON

static final String PARAM_LON

Parameter name for longitude

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Constant Field Values

PARAM_ALT

static final String PARAM_ALT

Parameter name for altitude

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Constant Field Values

PARAM_TIME

static final String PARAM_TIME

Parameter name for time

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Constant Field Values

PARAM_ID

static final String PARAM_ID

Parameter name for the id

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Constant Field Values

PARAM_IDN

static final String PARAM_IDN

Parameter name for the id

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Constant Field Values

Method Detail

getEarthLocation

EarthLocation getEarthLocation()

Get the location (lat/lon/alt) of the observation.

Returns:

georeference location

getDateTime

DateTime getDateTime()

Get the time of the observation.

Returns:

time the observation was taken

getData

Data getData()

Get the data associated with this observation.

Returns:

observed data for this location and time.