Observation types

obs_types for CrocoLake as a source accepts three styles — they can be freely mixed:

Style	Example	Meaning
DART compound name	"ARGO_TEMPERATURE"	TEMP from ARGO only
DART variable name	"TEMPERATURE"	TEMP from all sources
CrocoLake var name	"TEMP"	TEMP from all sources

Supported obs types

DART compound name	CrocoLake var	DB source
ARGO_TEMPERATURE	TEMP	ARGO
ARGO_SALINITY	PSAL	ARGO
ARGO_OXYGEN	DOXY	ARGO
BOTTLE_TEMPERATURE	TEMP	GLODAP
BOTTLE_SALINITY	PSAL	GLODAP
BOTTLE_OXYGEN	DOXY	GLODAP
BOTTLE_ALKALINITY	TOT_ALKALINITY	GLODAP
BOTTLE_INORGANIC_CARBON	TCO2	GLODAP
BOTTLE_NITRATE	NITRATE	GLODAP
BOTTLE_SILICATE	SILICATE	GLODAP
BOTTLE_PHOSPHATE	PHOSPHATE	GLODAP
GLIDER_TEMPERATURE	TEMP	SprayGliders
GLIDER_SALINITY	PSAL	SprayGliders
TEMPERATURE	TEMP	all
SALINITY	PSAL	all
OXYGEN	DOXY	all

Pass a custom obs_type_map dict to ObsGenConfig to override or extend:

my_map = {
    "MY_CUSTOM_TEMP": {"crocolake_var": "TEMP", "db_name": "MyDB"},
}
config = ObsGenConfig(..., obs_type_map=my_map)

Other sources define their own obs type maps: see NNJA-AI for its dataset and variable mapping.