Climate Configuration¶
The climate configuration module manages the definitions of climate measures, indicators, and their categories. These definitions form the vocabulary that the platform uses to describe and analyze climate data.
Climate Measures¶
Climate measures define the specific climate variables that the platform can process and display. Each measure has a name, a short name or code used in data processing, and a unit of measurement. Examples include minimum temperature (tmin, \u00b0C), maximum temperature (tmax, \u00b0C), precipitation (precip, mm), solar radiation (srad, MJ/m\u00b2), and relative humidity (rh, %). Administrators can create new measures as new data sources become available or new analysis requirements emerge.
Country Climate Measures¶
Not all climate measures are relevant for every country. This module allows administrators to configure which measures are available for each country and how they are stored and served. For each country-measure combination, administrators can configure whether spatial forecast data, spatial climate data, location forecast data, and location climate data are available. They can also specify the GeoServer store and workspace where the spatial data for that measure is published.
Indicators¶
Indicators are derived indices calculated from raw climate measures. They provide higher-level insights such as consecutive dry days, heat wave indices, or water balance measures. Each indicator has a type (climate, agroclimatic, hydrological, or scenario), a name and short name, a unit of measurement, and a temporality (daily, monthly, annual, etc.). Indicators are linked to categories for organizational purposes.
Indicator Categories¶
Categories group related indicators together, making it easier for administrators to manage large numbers of indicators. For example, temperature-related indicators might be grouped together, while precipitation-related indicators form another group.
Indicator Features¶
Indicator features provide additional metadata for each country-indicator combination. Each feature has a title, description, and type (recommendation or feature). This allows administrators to add context-specific information about how an indicator should be interpreted or used for a particular country.