Station (cdm-core 5.5.3 API)

All Superinterfaces:

Comparable<Station>, EarthLocation

All Known Subinterfaces:

StationFeature, StationProfileFeature, StationTimeSeriesFeature

All Known Implementing Classes:

StationFeatureImpl, StationImpl, StationProfileFeatureImpl, StationProfileFeatureImpl.StationProfileFeatureSubset, StationTimeSeriesFeatureImpl, StationTimeSeriesFeatureImpl.StationFeatureSubset
```
public interface Station
extends EarthLocation, Comparable<Station>
```
A named location on the earth.

Since:

Feb 18, 2008

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`String`	`getDescription()`	Station description
`String`	`getName()`	Station name or id.
`int`	`getNobs()`	get Number of obs at this station
`String`	`getWmoId()`	WMO station id.

Methods inherited from interface java.lang.Comparable
compareTo

Methods inherited from interface ucar.unidata.geoloc.EarthLocation
getAltitude, getLatitude, getLatLon, getLongitude, isMissing

- Method Detail
  - getName
```
@Nonnull
String getName()
```
    Station name or id. Must be unique within the collection
    
    Returns:
    
    station name or id. May not be null.
  - getDescription
```
String getDescription()
```
    Station description
    
    Returns:
    
    station description or null
  - getWmoId
```
String getWmoId()
```
    WMO station id.
    
    Returns:
    
    WMO station id, or null.
  - getNobs
```
int getNobs()
```
    get Number of obs at this station
    
    Returns:
    
    Number of obs or -1 if unknown