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+Field descriptions of each sensor
+
+arg - rainfall data
+-----------------------------------------
+
+ - name - name of station
+ - time - time of record
+ - rainfall - rainfall in mm
+ - lon - longitude of station
+ - lat - lattitide of station
+
+asg - stream guage data	
+-----------------------------------------
+
+ - name - name of station
+ - time - time of record
+ - value - water level in meters
+ - water_level_change - +/-  change of water level in meter
+ - time_difference - time difference from previous reading
+ - lon - longitude of station
+ - lat - latitide of station
+
+
+td - tide guage data
+-----------------------------------------
+ - name - name of station
+ - time - time of record
+ - sunrise - time of sunrise
+ - sunset - time of sunset
+ - moonrise - time of moonrise
+ - moonset - time of moonset
+ - value - tide level in meters
+ - water_level_change - +/-  change of tide level in meters
+ - time_difference - time difference from previous reading
+ - lon - longitude of station
+ - lat - latitide of station
+
+
+aws - automated weather station data
+-----------------------------------------
+ 
+ - name - name of station
+ - time - time of record
+ - temp - temperature (degrees celsius)
+ - humi - humidity
+ - pres - pressure
+ - rain - rainfall (in mm)
+ - lon - longitude of station
+ - lat - latitide of station