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app.gainforest.dwc.event

A sampling or collecting event. Multiple dwc.occurrence records can reference the same event via eventRef, sharing location and protocol metadata.

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Properties

cloudCover

string

Cloud cover percentage.

  • maxGraphemes: 16

completeness

string

Assessment of survey completeness (e.g., 'complete', 'partial - rain stopped survey', 'incomplete').

  • maxGraphemes: 64

coordinateUncertaintyInMeters

integer

Uncertainty radius in meters around the coordinates.

  • minimum: 1

country

string

The name of the country.

  • maxGraphemes: 128

countryCode

string

ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code.

  • minLength: 2
  • maxLength: 2

county

string

Second-level administrative division.

  • maxGraphemes: 256

createdAt

requiredstring · datetime

Timestamp of record creation in the ATProto PDS.

decimalLatitude

string

Geographic latitude in decimal degrees (WGS84). Range: -90 to 90.

  • maxGraphemes: 32

decimalLongitude

string

Geographic longitude in decimal degrees (WGS84). Range: -180 to 180.

  • maxGraphemes: 32

equipmentUsed

string

Description of equipment used during the event.

  • maxGraphemes: 1024

eventDate

requiredstring

The date or date range during which the event occurred. ISO 8601 format (e.g., '2024-03-15', '2024-03-15/2024-03-17').

  • maxGraphemes: 64

eventID

requiredstring

An identifier for the event. Should be globally unique or unique within the dataset.

  • maxGraphemes: 256

eventRemarks

string

Comments or notes about the event.

  • maxGraphemes: 5000

eventTime

string

The time or time range during which the event occurred. ISO 8601 format (e.g., '06:30:00', '06:30:00/09:00:00').

  • maxGraphemes: 64

fieldNotes

string

Notes or a reference to notes taken in the field about the event.

  • maxGraphemes: 10000

geodeticDatum

string

The spatial reference system. Recommended: 'EPSG:4326'.

  • maxGraphemes: 64

habitat

string

A category or description of the habitat in which the event occurred (e.g., 'primary tropical rainforest', 'degraded pasture', 'riparian zone').

  • maxGraphemes: 512

humidity

string

Relative humidity percentage.

  • maxGraphemes: 16

locality

string

Specific locality description.

  • maxGraphemes: 1024

locationID

string

Identifier for the location where the event occurred.

  • maxGraphemes: 256

locationRemarks

string

Comments about the location.

  • maxGraphemes: 2048

maximumElevationInMeters

integer

Upper limit of elevation range in meters above sea level.

minimumElevationInMeters

integer

Lower limit of elevation range in meters above sea level.

monitoringFrequency

string

How often this type of event recurs (e.g., 'monthly', 'quarterly', 'annual', 'one-time').

  • maxGraphemes: 64

monitoringProgramme

string

Name of the monitoring programme (e.g., 'Annual Biodiversity Survey 2025').

  • maxGraphemes: 256

moonPhase

string

Moon phase (relevant for nocturnal surveys).

  • maxGraphemes: 32

municipality

string

Third-level administrative division.

  • maxGraphemes: 256

parentEventID

string

An identifier for the broader event that this event is part of (e.g., a survey campaign that contains multiple transects).

  • maxGraphemes: 256

parentEventRef

string · at-uri

AT-URI reference to the parent app.gainforest.dwc.event record.

precipitation

string

Precipitation description (e.g., 'none', 'light rain', '5mm').

  • maxGraphemes: 32

projectRef

string · at-uri

AT-URI reference to the organization info record.

qualityControlNotes

string

Notes on data quality issues encountered during or after the event.

  • maxGraphemes: 2048

recordedBy

string

Person(s) who conducted the event. Pipe-delimited for multiple people (e.g., 'Jane Smith | John Doe').

  • maxGraphemes: 512

recordedByID

string

ORCID or other persistent identifiers for the recorder(s). Pipe-delimited for multiple IDs.

  • maxGraphemes: 512

sampleSizeUnit

string

The unit of measurement for the sampleSizeValue (e.g., 'square meters', 'hectares', 'trap-nights').

  • maxGraphemes: 128

sampleSizeValue

string

A numeric value for a measurement of the size of a sample in the event (e.g., '20', '0.25').

  • maxGraphemes: 64

samplingEffort

string

The amount of effort expended during the event (e.g., '3 person-hours', '14 trap-nights', '2 km transect walked').

  • maxGraphemes: 256

samplingProtocol

string

The names of, references to, or descriptions of the methods used during the event (e.g., 'camera trap array', 'line transect distance sampling', 'audio point count 10-min').

  • maxGraphemes: 1024

siteRef

string · at-uri

AT-URI reference to the organization site record.

stateProvince

string

First-level administrative division.

  • maxGraphemes: 256

teamSize

integer

Number of people involved in the event.

  • minimum: 1

temperature

string

Temperature in Celsius during event.

  • maxGraphemes: 16

visibility

string

Visibility conditions (e.g., 'clear', 'foggy', '10m underwater').

  • maxGraphemes: 32

waterLevel

string

Water level if aquatic survey (e.g., 'low', '2.3m').

  • maxGraphemes: 32

waterTemperature

string

Water temperature in Celsius.

  • maxGraphemes: 16

weatherRemarks

string

General weather description.

  • maxGraphemes: 512

windSpeed

string

Wind speed during event.

  • maxGraphemes: 16

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