Analyte Search

Analyte Search is designed to be used as a data discovery tool to search the entire STEWARDS database. Using the Analyte Search allows the user to find methods that collect data that may be of interest.

Under the Analyte Search, a user can select an analyte(s) to search. The user can also limit the search based on time step, duration, and date. The user will then be presented with a list of watershed locations that contain data meeting the criteria.

Analyte Search Results

Performing an Analyte Search by choosing Get Data will generate a results window similar to the one shown below. there are several options that the user may choose:

Choosing the Show Graph button produces a graph of the data over the date range
Choosing the Show Methods button brings up a PDF file of the methods used to produce these data

The Save To ...buttons are not available unless logged in. See login help for new users or existing users for more information.

To download data, choose either the Save to Excel or Save to TextFile buttons.

The Save to Excel choice will generate a standard MS Excel format file with the data on one worksheet and descriptive information on a separate worksheet. There is a 64,000 record limit to the size of an Excel spreadsheet. If the record count of the query exceeds the limitation, this choice will not be available.
The Save to TextFile choice will generate a ASCII textfile in a comma-separated (csv) file. the csv-format file is compatible with most database management software. Descriptive information on a separate textfile.

The user has the option to download ancillary data associated with these files. Choose from one or more of the Additional Download Options and the information will be downloaded to the users computer.

Choose the Location GIS Files to download the watershed location's spatial data in an ESRI file geodatabase format
Choose Site Description to download a pdf format version of the site's description file
Choose Location Description to download the location's description file

Clicking on the hyperlinked Site Identifier in the main body of the data display generates a description of the site.

Final Data Output
The output data will be made available in an archive or compressed (.zip) fomat. At a minimum the archive will contain:

The data (Excel or csv-format text)
Download descritption information
- on an Excel download, the description information is on a separate worksheet
- on a text file download, the description information is in a seperate file
Research methods (ARS_methods.pdf)
The FGDC Metadata in HTML format

Additonally, choices are available to download a watershed description, a site description report, and the watershed GIS data. An example excel download archive listing is shown below.