OSCAR Surface Mandatory Fields For Hydrology (Which among these are recommended)

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Proposed Additional Mandatory Metadata For OSCAR
• Basin/catchment code, area, name
• Basin/catchment area 4
• Station catchment area 5
• Type of water body (reservoir, river, lake, groundwater etc.)
• Class of water body
• water body name e.g river name
• Discharges water measurement ( Yes-discharge/No-river)
• Time period for data availability
• Longevity (how long the recording was conducted) of the data
• Reference station Yes/No6
• Station type
• Frequency of vandalism (often, rarely, once)
• Station or network owner/manager institution
Existing Mandatory Metadata in OSCAR
• Date established
• Station type
• Country / territory
• WIGOS Station Identifier(s)
• Coordinates: latitude, longitude, elevation, From date
• WMO region
• Program / network affiliation
• Program / network affiliation
• Declared Status
• Additional Network Affiliation
• Observed variables
• Observing Method (Not nested in specific deployments)
• Geometry