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What does the website contain?

This website contains the documentation of the Aclimate platform, it includes a description of system architecture, installation process, the flow of forecast generation, and a user guide for some of the system components.

What does not the website contain?

It is not scientific documentation. Even when the methodology and modules followed scientific rigor, this website is not scientific paper. On the official website of Aclimate you can find the last news and publications related with this project.

Where should I start?

If you are newer and want to start to know about Aclimate platform, you are in the correct place. We recommend to readers follow the following order:

  1. Architecture: This section describes the whole system architecture. You could see the across different levels the different components of the system and how they interact between them

  2. Database: In this section, readers can discover how the database of the system is and the meaning of its fields

  3. Installation: This section explains what the requirements are, also how to start the installation process of each system component, and finally it explains how to configure the components

  4. WebAdmin: It is the users’ guide to managing the administrative website of the platform. In this website users set up the parameters for the system.

  5. Import and export: This section describes how to import or export data from database. It is used when users do some tasks in a batch mode. Also, this section explains some commands used in the forecast process.

  6. Forecast: This section describes the forecast process flow.

  7. Web API: This section describes how to use the Web API to get access to system information. It describes the flow that users should follow to use the endpoints.

  8. Spatial: List of layers available in the Aclimate Platform.

Recommendations

  • Follow the tips section. The tips are a section that you should take into account, however, they are not mandatories