BenchmarkCat

A STAC (SpatioTemporal Asset Catalog) benchmark catalog for flood inundation mapping (FIM) datasets. This repository provides tools to ingest, catalog, and serve various flood modeling and observation datasets in STAC format. The purpose of the catalog is to make it easier to find FIMs that can be used to evaluate the output of the National Water Center's (NWCs) flood models.

Overview

BenchmarkCat creates and manages a STAC catalog containing multiple collections of flood-related geospatial data from different sources:

Base Level Elevation (BLE) collection - FEMA flood extent and depth maps. Thes are the "legacy" BLE FIM's used by the Office of Water Prediction's National Water Center circa 2023.
Global Flood Monitoring (GFM) collection - Sentinel 1 satellite derived flood extents created by the European Space Agencies Copernicus program. There are two GFM related benchmark collections. One collection covers data from 2015 to 2021 and uses the Dartmouth Flood Observatory collection of flood events to only select GFM data likely to be associated with very large flood events. The other collection is called "GFM expanded" contains a wider variety of inundation observations from 2021 to 2025 and uses the baseline inundation supplied by the GFM system itself to only download events likely to be inundated.
ICEYE collection - proprietary, satellite derived depth and extent FIMs produced by the company ICEYE by fusing data from their private SAR satellite constellation and publicly available satellite data.
AHPS FIM - NOAA Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service Flood Inundation Mapping extents derived from HEC-RAS models. There are two collections of FIMs associated with AHPS data. One set of FIMs was produced by the National Weather Service and the other set was produced by the USGS.
High Water Marks (HWM) collection - USGS field surveyed flood measurements. In contrast to the other collections the HWM surveys are collections of point measurements taken along or near the boundary of a flood event's extent (the "highwater mark").
Ripple collection - extent FIM's produced by Dewberry using its ripple and flows2fim software packages. These are HEC-RAS derived FIM's.

All the collections follow a flat collection structure. That is each collection only contains items and doesn't contain sub-collections. Because the main purpose of the collection is model evaluation the most important data included with each item are the FIM observations themselves and estimates of the peak discharges present during the flood event (flowfiles). Each collection contains these two things at a minimum. Where available and when deemed useful, accessory data is also provided.

Repository Structure

benchmarkcat/
├── ingest/                    # Data ingestion and STAC metadata creation modules
│   ├── utils.py              # Shared utilities (S3Utils, RasterUtils, FlowfileUtils)
│   ├── batch_utils.py        # Batch pipeline helpers (manifest I/O, parquet merge)
│   ├── ble/                  # BLE ingestion
│   ├── gfm/                  # GFM ingestion (batch_split, gfm_col, batch_merge)
│   ├── gfm_exp/              # GFM expanded ingestion (batch_split, gfm_exp_col, batch_merge)
│   ├── iceye/                # ICEYE ingestion
│   ├── ahps/                 # AHPS FIM ingestion
│   ├── hwm/                  # High water marks ingestion
│   └── ripple/               # Ripple collection ingestion
├── schemas/                   # JSON Schema definitions
│   ├── ble/v1.0.0/
│   ├── iceye/v1.0.0/
│   ├── gfm/v1.0.0/
│   └── common_item_metadata/
├── scripts/                   # Utility scripts
│   ├── run_pipeline_prefect.py  # Prefect orchestrator for AWS Batch pipeline
│   ├── build_and_push.sh     # Build & push Docker image to ECR
│   ├── batch-entrypoint.sh   # Container entrypoint for batch jobs
│   ├── stac_processor.py     # STAC catalog processing
│   └── normalize_cat.py      # Catalog normalization
├── terraform/                 # AWS Batch pipeline infrastructure (ECR, compute env, job queue)
│                              # See docs/aws-batch-pipeline.md for usage
├── deployment/                # OWP production deployment — STAC API server, asset proxy, and S3 migration
│   ├── terraform/            # Terraform stack for the STAC API EC2/RDS environment (separate from root terraform/)
│   ├── asset-proxy/          # Nginx/Python proxy for serving S3 assets over HTTP
│   ├── s3_migration/         # Scripts to migrate the static S3 catalog to the API
│   └── scripts/              # Bootstrap and operational scripts for the deployed server
├── docs/                      # Additional documentation
│   └── aws-batch-pipeline.md # AWS Batch pipeline setup and reference
├── Dockerfile                 # Container image for ingest jobs
├── Dockerfile.orchestration   # Lightweight container for Prefect orchestrator + Terraform
├── setup.py                   # Package setup
└── requirements.txt           # Python dependencies

Two Terraform stacks: terraform/ at the repo root manages AWS Batch infrastructure (ECR, compute environment, job queue, job definitions) used for scaling GFM/GFM-exp ingestion. deployment/terraform/ is a separate stack that provisions the OWP production STAC API environment (EC2, RDS, networking). They are independent and must be applied separately.

Installation

Prerequisites

Python 3.9+
AWS credentials configured (for S3 access)
Required Python packages

Setup

# Clone the repository
git clone <repository-url>
cd benchmarkcat

# Install dependencies
pip install -r requirements.txt

# Install the package in development mode
pip install -e .

Usage

Ingesting Data

We call the process of creating STAC metadata for each data source "ingestion". Each data source has its own ingestion module with a collection script. The general pattern is:

python3 -m ingest.<source>.<source>_col \
  --bucket_name <s3-bucket> \
  --asset_object_key <s3-path-to-data> \
  --catalog_path <s3-path-to-catalog> \
  --link_type uri \
  --reprocess_assets  # Optional: force reprocessing

Example: Ingest ICEYE Data

python3 -m ingest.iceye.iceye_col \
  --bucket_name fimc-data \
  --asset_object_key benchmark/rs/iceye/ \
  --catalog_path benchmark/stac-bench-cat/ \
  --link_type uri

Example: Ingest BLE Data

python3 -m ingest.ble.ble_col \
  --bucket_name fimc-data \
  --asset_object_key benchmark/high_resolution_validation_data_ble/ \
  --catalog_path benchmark/stac-bench-cat/ \
  --link_type uri

Example: Ingest GFM (DFO) Data

GFM uses Dartmouth Flood Observatory (DFO) events; data lives under benchmark/rs/gfm/. Supports --workers, --checkpoint-every, --profile, and OWP QC (use --skip-owp-qc to disable). Optional date filters: --after-date, --before-date, --dates (limit by scene acquisition date parsed from the Sentinel product name).

python3 -m ingest.gfm.gfm_col \
  --bucket_name fimc-data \
  --catalog_path benchmark/stac-bench-cat/ \
  --asset_object_key benchmark/rs/gfm/ \
  --hucs_object_key benchmark/stac-bench-cat/assets/WBDHU8_webproj.gpkg \
  --boundaries_object_key benchmark/stac-bench-cat/assets/Mexico_Canada_boundaries.gpkg \
  --derived_metadata_path benchmark/stac-bench-cat/assets/derived-asset-data/gfm_collection.parquet \
  --link_type uri \
  --workers 6 \
  --checkpoint-every 10 \
  --profile Data

Example: Ingest GFM Expanded Data

GFM expanded uses date-based PI4 scenes under benchmark/rs/PI4/. When OWP QC is enabled (default), items get owp:* properties (e.g. owp:qc_grade, owp:huc_summaries). Use --skip-owp-qc for faster runs without QC. Optional date filters: --after-date, --before-date, --dates (filter by date folder; e.g. only process 2024-01-01/ through 2024-06-30/).

python3 -m ingest.gfm_exp.gfm_exp_col \
  --bucket_name fimc-data \
  --catalog_path benchmark/stac-bench-cat/ \
  --asset_object_key benchmark/rs/PI4/ \
  --hucs_object_key benchmark/stac-bench-cat/assets/WBDHU8_webproj.gpkg \
  --boundaries_object_key benchmark/stac-bench-cat/assets/Mexico_Canada_boundaries.gpkg \
  --derived_metadata_path benchmark/stac-bench-cat/assets/derived-asset-data/gfm_expanded_collection.parquet \
  --link_type uri \
  --workers 6 \
  --checkpoint-every 10 \
  --profile Data

Docker

Build and run any ingest module in a container:

GFM

docker build -t benchmarkcat .
docker run --rm \
  -v "$HOME/.aws:/root/.aws" \
  benchmarkcat \
  ingest.gfm.gfm_col \
  --bucket_name fimc-data \
  --catalog_path benchmark/stac-bench-cat/ \
  --asset_object_key benchmark/rs/gfm/ \
  --hucs_object_key benchmark/stac-bench-cat/assets/WBDHU8_webproj.gpkg \
  --boundaries_object_key benchmark/stac-bench-cat/assets/Mexico_Canada_boundaries.gpkg \
  --derived_metadata_path benchmark/stac-bench-cat/assets/derived-asset-data/gfm_collection.parquet \
  --link_type uri \
  --workers 6 \
  --checkpoint-every 10 \
  --profile Data \
  2>&1 | tee logs/gfm_col_run_wo_batch_worker.log

GFM Expanded

docker build -t benchmarkcat .
docker run --rm \
  -v "$HOME/.aws:/root/.aws" \
  benchmarkcat \
  ingest.gfm_exp.gfm_exp_col \
  --bucket_name fimc-data \
  --catalog_path benchmark/stac-bench-cat/ \
  --asset_object_key benchmark/rs/PI4/ \
  --hucs_object_key benchmark/stac-bench-cat/assets/WBDHU8_webproj.gpkg \
  --boundaries_object_key benchmark/stac-bench-cat/assets/Mexico_Canada_boundaries.gpkg \
  --derived_metadata_path benchmark/stac-bench-cat/assets/derived-asset-data/gfm_expanded_collection.parquet \
  --link_type uri \
  --workers 6 \
  --checkpoint-every 10 \
  --profile Data \
  2>&1 | tee logs/gfm_exp_col_run_wo_batch_worker.log

Orchestration Container

A separate lightweight container for running the Prefect pipeline orchestrator and Terraform. It does not include GDAL or geospatial libraries.

docker build -f Dockerfile.orchestration -t benchmarkcat:orchestration .
docker run --rm \
  -v "$HOME/.aws:/root/.aws" \
  benchmarkcat:orchestration \
  python3 scripts/run_pipeline_prefect.py --help

Batch pipeline (GFM and GFM Expanded)

GFM and GFM expanded support a 3-phase batch workflow for scaling to many scenes. For local testing, run Phase 1, then Phase 2 (e.g. with --job-index 0), then Phase 3. All examples below use placeholder S3 paths under benchmark/stac-bench-cat/ and benchmark/rs/; replace with your bucket and paths as needed.

For AWS Batch deployment (Terraform, Docker build/push, and the run_pipeline_prefect.py Prefect orchestrator), see docs/aws-batch-pipeline.md.

Date filters (--after-date, --before-date, --dates) are applied only at Phase 1 (batch_split). Phase 2 workers process their slice of the manifest as-is and do not re-apply date filters; this avoids double filtering. When Phase 1 uses date filters, a sidecar metadata file is written at <manifest_s3_key>.meta.json with total_scenes, manifest_s3_key, created_at, and when applicable after_date, before_date, and/or dates so you can see what filters were used when the manifest was built.

Crash recovery & skip logic: Phase 2 workers automatically skip scenes that were already fully processed (parquet row exists and item JSON is present on S3). On startup, each worker loads the master parquet and any existing partial parquets from previous runs, so scenes completed by sibling workers before a crash are recognized and not reprocessed. Only newly processed scenes are written to this worker's partial parquet.

GFM batch

Phase 1 — Split (discover DFO events, write manifest to S3; optional --after-date, --before-date, --dates to limit manifest to scenes in that date range by acquisition date):

python3 -m ingest.gfm.batch_split \
  --bucket_name fimc-data \
  --asset_object_key benchmark/rs/gfm/ \
  --manifest-s3-key benchmark/stac-bench-cat/batch/gfm_manifest.jsonl \
  --profile Data

With Docker:

docker run --rm \
  -v "$HOME/.aws:/root/.aws" \
  benchmarkcat \
  ingest.gfm.batch_split \
  --bucket_name fimc-data \
  --asset_object_key benchmark/rs/gfm/ \
  --manifest-s3-key benchmark/stac-bench-cat/batch/gfm_manifest.jsonl \
  --profile Data

Phase 2 — Worker (process a slice; for local test use --job-index 0):

python3 -m ingest.gfm.gfm_col \
  --mode batch-worker \
  --bucket_name fimc-data \
  --catalog_path benchmark/stac-bench-cat/ \
  --asset_object_key benchmark/rs/gfm/ \
  --hucs_object_key benchmark/stac-bench-cat/assets/WBDHU8_webproj.gpkg \
  --boundaries_object_key benchmark/stac-bench-cat/assets/Mexico_Canada_boundaries.gpkg \
  --derived_metadata_path benchmark/stac-bench-cat/assets/derived-asset-data/gfm_collection.parquet \
  --manifest-s3-key benchmark/stac-bench-cat/batch/gfm_manifest.jsonl \
  --partial-parquet-prefix benchmark/stac-bench-cat/batch/gfm_partials \
  --workers 6 \
  --job-index 0 \
  --scenes-per-job 1000 \
  --profile Data

With Docker:

docker run --rm \
  -v "$HOME/.aws:/root/.aws" \
  benchmarkcat \
  ingest.gfm.gfm_col \
  --mode batch-worker \
  --bucket_name fimc-data \
  --catalog_path benchmark/stac-bench-cat/ \
  --asset_object_key benchmark/rs/gfm/ \
  --hucs_object_key benchmark/stac-bench-cat/assets/WBDHU8_webproj.gpkg \
  --boundaries_object_key benchmark/stac-bench-cat/assets/Mexico_Canada_boundaries.gpkg \
  --derived_metadata_path benchmark/stac-bench-cat/assets/derived-asset-data/gfm_collection.parquet \
  --manifest-s3-key benchmark/stac-bench-cat/batch/gfm_manifest.jsonl \
  --partial-parquet-prefix benchmark/stac-bench-cat/batch/gfm_partials \
  --workers 6 \
  --job-index 0 \
  --scenes-per-job 1000 \
  --profile Data \
  2>&1 | tee logs/gfm_col_run_with_batch_worker.log

Phase 3 — Merge (concatenate partial parquets, rebuild collection.json):

python3 -m ingest.gfm.batch_merge \
  --bucket_name fimc-data \
  --partial-parquet-prefix benchmark/stac-bench-cat/batch/gfm_partials \
  --derived_metadata_path benchmark/stac-bench-cat/assets/derived-asset-data/gfm_collection.parquet \
  --catalog_path benchmark/stac-bench-cat/ \
  --asset_object_key benchmark/rs/gfm/ \
  --profile Data \
  --keep-partials

Add --keep-partials to preserve partial parquets for debugging.

With Docker:

docker run --rm \
  -v "$HOME/.aws:/root/.aws" \
  benchmarkcat \
  ingest.gfm_exp.batch_merge \
  --bucket_name fimc-data \
  --partial-parquet-prefix benchmark/stac-bench-cat/batch/gfm_exp_partials \
  --derived_metadata_path benchmark/stac-bench-cat/assets/derived-asset-data/gfm_expanded_collection.parquet \
  --catalog_path benchmark/stac-bench-cat/ \
  --asset_object_key benchmark/rs/PI4/ \
  --profile Data \
  --keep-partials \
  2>&1 | tee logs/gfm_col_run_merge.log

GFM Expanded batch

Phase 1 — Split (discover date/scene pairs, write manifest; GFM-exp supports --after-date, --before-date, and --dates (filter by date folder)):

python3 -m ingest.gfm_exp.batch_split \
  --bucket_name fimc-data \
  --asset_object_key benchmark/rs/PI4/ \
  --manifest-s3-key benchmark/stac-bench-cat/batch/gfm_exp_manifest.jsonl \
  --profile Data

With Docker:

docker run --rm \
  -v "$HOME/.aws:/root/.aws" \
  benchmarkcat \
  ingest.gfm_exp.batch_split \
  --bucket_name fimc-data \
  --asset_object_key benchmark/rs/PI4/ \
  --manifest-s3-key benchmark/stac-bench-cat/batch/gfm_exp_manifest.jsonl \
  --profile Data

Phase 2 — Worker (for local test use --job-index 0):

python3 -m ingest.gfm_exp.gfm_exp_col \
  --mode batch-worker \
  --bucket_name fimc-data \
  --catalog_path benchmark/stac-bench-cat/ \
  --asset_object_key benchmark/rs/PI4/ \
  --hucs_object_key benchmark/stac-bench-cat/assets/WBDHU8_webproj.gpkg \
  --boundaries_object_key benchmark/stac-bench-cat/assets/Mexico_Canada_boundaries.gpkg \
  --derived_metadata_path benchmark/stac-bench-cat/assets/derived-asset-data/gfm_expanded_collection.parquet \
  --manifest-s3-key benchmark/stac-bench-cat/batch/gfm_exp_manifest.jsonl \
  --partial-parquet-prefix benchmark/stac-bench-cat/batch/gfm_exp_partials \
  --workers 6 \
  --job-index 0 \
  --scenes-per-job 1000 \
  --profile Data \
  2>&1 | tee logs/gfm_exp_col_run_with_batch_worker.log

With Docker:

docker run --rm \
  -v "$HOME/.aws:/root/.aws" \
  benchmarkcat \
  ingest.gfm_exp.gfm_exp_col \
  --mode batch-worker \
  --bucket_name fimc-data \
  --catalog_path benchmark/stac-bench-cat/ \
  --asset_object_key benchmark/rs/PI4/ \
  --hucs_object_key benchmark/stac-bench-cat/assets/WBDHU8_webproj.gpkg \
  --boundaries_object_key benchmark/stac-bench-cat/assets/Mexico_Canada_boundaries.gpkg \
  --derived_metadata_path benchmark/stac-bench-cat/assets/derived-asset-data/gfm_expanded_collection.parquet \
  --manifest-s3-key benchmark/stac-bench-cat/batch/gfm_exp_manifest.jsonl \
  --partial-parquet-prefix benchmark/stac-bench-cat/batch/gfm_exp_partials \
  --workers 6 \
  --job-index 0 \
  --scenes-per-job 1000 \
  --profile Data \
  2>&1 | tee logs/gfm_exp_col_run_with_batch_worker.log

Phase 3 — Merge:

python3 -m ingest.gfm_exp.batch_merge \
  --bucket_name fimc-data \
  --partial-parquet-prefix benchmark/stac-bench-cat/batch/gfm_exp_partials \
  --derived_metadata_path benchmark/stac-bench-cat/assets/derived-asset-data/gfm_expanded_collection.parquet \
  --catalog_path benchmark/stac-bench-cat/ \
  --asset_object_key benchmark/rs/PI4/ \
  --profile Data \
  --keep-partials

Add --keep-partials to preserve partial parquets for debugging.

With Docker:

docker run --rm \
  -v "$HOME/.aws:/root/.aws" \
  benchmarkcat \
  ingest.gfm_exp.batch_merge \
  --bucket_name fimc-data \
  --partial-parquet-prefix benchmark/stac-bench-cat/batch/gfm_exp_partials \
  --derived_metadata_path benchmark/stac-bench-cat/assets/derived-asset-data/gfm_expanded_collection.parquet \
  --catalog_path benchmark/stac-bench-cat/ \
  --asset_object_key benchmark/rs/PI4/ \
  --profile Data \
  --keep-partials \
  2>&1 | tee logs/gfm_exp_col_run_merge.log

Command Line Arguments

Common arguments across all ingestion scripts:

--bucket_name: S3 bucket containing the data (default: fimc-data)
--asset_object_key: S3 path prefix to the data directory
--catalog_path: S3 path to the STAC catalog (default: benchmark/stac-bench-cat/)
--link_type: Type of asset links - uri (S3 URIs) or url (HTTP URLs)
--reprocess_assets: Force reprocessing of assets even if cached
--derived_metadata_path: S3 path for cached metadata (Parquet file)
--profile: AWS profile name for boto3 (optional)

GFM and GFM Expanded additionally support:

--workers: Number of parallel workers (default: 1); use > 1 for local parallelism
--checkpoint-every: Flush item JSONs and parquet every N scenes (default: 50); 0 = only at end
--skip-owp-qc: Skip OWP QC grading and HUC-level metrics (faster runs)
--hucs_object_key: S3 key for HUC8 boundaries GPKG (GFM/GFM-exp)
--boundaries_object_key: S3 key for Mexico/Canada boundaries (GFM/GFM-exp; used to skip non-CONUS scenes)
Date filters: --after-date (YYYY-MM-DD), --before-date (YYYY-MM-DD), --dates (comma-separated list). Limit processing to a date range or specific dates. GFM-exp: filters by date folder (top-level PI4 dirs). GFM: filters by scene acquisition date (parsed from Sentinel product name in path). Applied in order: after_date, then before_date, then dates list.

Batch-worker mode (GFM/GFM-exp) also uses: --mode batch-worker, --manifest-s3-key, --partial-parquet-prefix, --job-index (or AWS_BATCH_JOB_ARRAY_INDEX, AZ_BATCH_TASK_ID, BATCH_TASK_INDEX), --scenes-per-job, --workers

Processing Pipeline

Each ingestion module follows this pipeline:

Initialize S3 utilities - Connect to S3 and setup helpers
Create collection - Define STAC collection metadata
List data directories - Find all event/gauge/tile directories
Process assets - For each directory:
- Extract metadata from JSON/XML files
- Calculate geometries from vector/raster files
- Generate thumbnails
- Standardize units (e.g., depth to inches)
- Cache results in Parquet for efficiency
Create STAC items - Generate STAC items with properties and assets
Validate - Validate collection and items against schemas
Upload - Upload collection JSON to S3 catalog

Metadata Caching

To improve performance, derived metadata (geometries, statistics, etc.) is cached in Parquet files:

Location: benchmark/stac-bench-cat/assets/derived-asset-data/<collection>.parquet
Use --reprocess_assets flag to force regeneration
Cached data includes: geometries, bounding boxes, statistics, thumbnail paths, along with any other metadata that is extracted from a data source during collection creation.

Scripts

STAC Processor (`scripts/stac_processor.py`)

Creates a local STAC catalog from a catalog on an object store. This script also downloads the assets for each item and modifies the asset HREFs to be HTTP links meant to be served from a HTTP file server. This script is currently used in conjunction with stac-migraction.sh to create a local STAC catalog with HTTP links then load that catalog into an API:

from scripts.stac_processor import STACProcessor

processor = STACProcessor(
    base_url="http://0.0.0.0:8000/",
    skip_existing=False
)

# Process a local STAC catalog
processor.process_catalog("path/to/catalog.json")

Migrate benchmark STAC (`scripts/stac-migration.sh`)

This script converts a static, self-contained catalog on S3 into a catalog served via a STAC API. It was created as a way to deploy the benchmark STAC to the ParallelWorks environment. One of its main components is stac_processor.py.

For more information on using stac-migration.sh to move the static benchmark STAC on S3 to ParallelWorks see scripts/migrating-s3-catalog-to-OE.txt

There is also a version of the Benchmark STAC API that serves data directly from the object store. Historically this API was updated using the subset of this script that loads a catalog into a STAC API from a collection of static STAC json files.

Normalize Catalog (`scripts/normalize_cat.py`)

Normalize all relative catalog links relative to an S3 catalog root. This is a convenience script to quickly create a catalog with absolute S3 links between catalog items from a more portable self-contained catalog with relative links.

unzip zip files to S3 prefixs (`scripts/unzip.py`)

This script takes a directory of zip files and unzips each archives contents to its own directory inside a target destination directory. This is the script that was used to extract the data provided by ICEYE for the ICEYE collection.

Upload a single collection to a STAC API(`scripts/recreate_collection.sh`)

This script deletes and recreates a STAC collection on a STAC API. After the collection is recreated in the API it then uploads all items to the API from a directory containing the collection's item JSON. This can be used to refresh individual collections inside the benchmark STAC API that contains S3 HREFs.

STAC Schema

JSON Schema definitions for validating STAC collections and items are in the schemas/ directory.

Two ways to validate:

Against the official STAC spec: use stac validate <path> (requires stactools: pip install stactools).
Against this project's schemas: use stac-validator <path> --custom <schema-path> (requires stac-validator: pip install stac-validator).

Validating STAC Items

Spec conformance (stactools)

# GFM and GFM expanded modified collection
stac validate stac/gfm/gfm-collection-modified/collection.json
stac validate stac/gfm-exp/gfm-expanded-collection-modified/collection.json

# GFM and GFM expanded modified item
stac validate stac/gfm/gfm-collection-modified/DFO-4230_tile-S1A_IW_GRDH_1SDV_20150316T235500_20150316T235525_005064_0065C2_6FB7/DFO-4230_tile-S1A_IW_GRDH_1SDV_20150316T235500_20150316T235525_005064_0065C2_6FB7.json

stac validate stac/gfm-exp/gfm-expanded-collection-modified/GFM-expanded_S1A_IW_GRDH_1SDV_20210801T003626_20210801T003651_039029_049AEE_F470/GFM-expanded_S1A_IW_GRDH_1SDV_20210801T003626_20210801T003651_039029_049AEE_F470.json

Custom schema (stac-validator)

# ICEYE
stac-validator collection.json --custom schemas/iceye/v1.0.0/iceye_collection.json
stac-validator item.json --custom schemas/iceye/v1.0.0/iceye_item.json

# GFM and GFM expanded modified collection
stac-validator stac/gfm/gfm-collection-modified/collection.json --custom schemas/gfm/v1.0.0/gfm_collection.json
stac-validator stac/gfm-exp/gfm-expanded-collection-modified/collection.json --custom schemas/gfm/v1.0.0/gfm_collection.json

# GFM and GFM expanded modified item: schema uses relative $refs; run from schema directory so they resolve
cd schemas/gfm/v1.0.0 && stac-validator ../../../stac/gfm/gfm-collection-modified/DFO-4230_tile-S1A_IW_GRDH_1SDV_20150316T235500_20150316T235525_005064_0065C2_6FB7/DFO-4230_tile-S1A_IW_GRDH_1SDV_20150316T235500_20150316T235525_005064_0065C2_6FB7.json --custom gfm_item.json

# if shell is in schemas/gfm/v1.0.0, run the following else do a cd schemas/gfm/v1.0.0
stac-validator ../../../stac/gfm-exp/gfm-expanded-collection-modified/GFM-expanded_S1A_IW_GRDH_1SDV_20210801T003626_20210801T003651_039029_049AEE_F470/GFM-expanded_S1A_IW_GRDH_1SDV_20210801T003626_20210801T003651_039029_049AEE_F470.json --custom gfm_item.json

Schema Documentation

Each schema directory contains:

<collection>_collection.json - Collection schema
<collection>_item.json - Item schema
README.md - Documentation with examples

See individual schema READMEs:

Adding a New Data Source

To add a new data source collection:

Create module directory: ingest/<source>/

Create core files:

ingest/<source>/
├── __init__.py
├── <source>_stac.py       # Asset definitions, utilities
├── <source>_handle_assets.py  # Asset processing logic
├── <source>_col.py        # Collection generation script
└── README.md              # Documentation

Implement asset handler (<source>_handle_assets.py):
- Inherit patterns from existing handlers (BLE, ICEYE, GFM)
- Extract metadata from source files
- Calculate geometries and statistics
- Organize assets by type
- Generate thumbnails (optional)
- Implement Parquet caching
Implement collection script (<source>_col.py):
- Parse command-line arguments
- Create STAC collection with metadata
- Process each data unit (event/gauge/tile)
- Create STAC items with properties and assets
- Validate and upload to S3
Create schemas: schemas/<source>/v1.0.0/
- Collection schema JSON
- Item schema JSON
- README with examples
Document:
- Module README in ingest/<source>/README.md
- Update main README (this file)
- Add schema documentation

Example Pattern (ICEYE)

Reference the ICEYE implementation as a template:

ingest/iceye/ - Complete module
schemas/iceye/v1.0.0/ - Schemas
Includes thumbnail generation and depth standardization features

Key Features

Thumbnail Generation

Many collections automatically generate PNG thumbnails from extent files for quick preview:

thumbnail_s3_path = s3_utils.make_and_upload_thumbnail(
    local_extent_path,
    local_thumbnail_path,
    bucket_name,
    extent_file_key
)

Depth Standardization (ICEYE)

ICEYE data automatically standardizes depth measurements to inches:

Detects original unit (feet/inches) from metadata or raster analysis
Applies conversion factor (12.0 for feet → inches)
Documents conversion in STAC properties
Preserves provenance information

Convex Hull Geometries

Complex multipolygon flood extents are simplified to convex hulls for STAC items, reducing file size while maintaining spatial coverage.

Flowfile Integration

Flood extent collections include associated discharge data from the NWM (National Water Model):

Flowfiles link stream segments to discharge values
Statistics (min, max, mean, median) computed
Column metadata documented in STAC properties

OWP QC Grading (GFM / GFM Expanded)

When OWP QC is enabled (default for GFM and GFM Expanded), each STAC item is enriched with per-HUC reliability and severity metrics. The QC pipeline mosaics raster tiles, clips to each intersecting HUC8, and computes flood area, uncertainty, observability, advisory noise, affected population, and anomaly ratio.

`owp:*` STAC Properties

Property	Type	Description
`owp:qc_grade`	string	Scene-level Data Quality Grade — best grade across all HUCs (`A`/`B`/`C`/`D`)
`owp:impact_score`	string	Scene-level Impact Score — highest impact across all HUCs (`High`/`Medium`/`Low`)
`owp:active_hucs`	list[string]	HUC8 ids that received grade A or B
`owp:total_flood_area_km2`	float	Sum of flood area across all HUCs (km²)
`owp:huc_summaries`	list[object]	Per-HUC detail objects (see schema below)
`owp:qc_criteria`	object	Snapshot of grading/impact thresholds used to produce grades (version, grading rules, impact rules)

HUC Summary Object

Each entry in owp:huc_summaries has this structure:

Field	Type	Description
`huc8_id`	string	HUC8 identifier
`qc_grade`	string	Data Quality Grade for this HUC (`A`/`B`/`C`/`D`)
`impact`	string	Impact Score for this HUC (`High`/`Medium`/`Low`)
`metrics.flood_area_km2`	float	Flood extent area in km² (pixel count × 0.0004)
`metrics.uncertainty_mean`	float	Mean uncertainty over flooded pixels
`metrics.observability_pct`	float	Percentage of valid pixels not excluded (0–100)
`metrics.advisory_noise_pct`	float	Percentage of flooded pixels flagged by advisory layer (0–100)
`metrics.affected_pop`	int	Sum of population raster values over flooded pixels
`metrics.normalized_anomaly_ratio`	float	Ratio of flood pixels to observed-water pixels

The QC Configuration file sets the thresholds values listed below.

Grading Thresholds (version 1.0)

Grade A: uncertainty > 75, observability > 80%, advisory noise < 5%
Grade B: uncertainty > 60, observability > 60%, advisory noise < 20%
Grade C: flood signal present but metrics below B thresholds
Grade D: incomplete data, observability < 50%, or advisory noise > 50%

Impact Thresholds (version 1.0)

High: affected population > 100 or flood area > 5 km²
Medium: affected population > 10 or flood area > 1 km²
Low: below Medium thresholds

Shared Utilities

Shared utilities are in ingest/utils.py (S3Utils, RasterUtils) and ingest/flows.py (FlowfileUtils):

S3Utils

from ingest.utils import S3Utils

s3_utils = S3Utils(boto3.client('s3'))

# List subdirectories
dirs = s3_utils.list_subdirectories(bucket, prefix)

# List files by extension
files = s3_utils.list_files_with_extensions(bucket, prefix, ['.tif', '.gpkg'])

# Generate asset href
href, is_valid = s3_utils.generate_href(bucket, key, link_type='uri')

# Upload collection
s3_utils.update_collection(collection, 'collection-id', catalog_path, bucket)

RasterUtils

from ingest.utils import RasterUtils

# Count non-zero pixels
pixel_count = RasterUtils.count_pixels(raster_path)

# Get max value
max_value = RasterUtils.get_max_value(raster_path)

# Get WKT2 projection
wkt2 = RasterUtils.get_wkt2_string(raster_path)

# Create thumbnail
RasterUtils.create_preview(raster_path, preview_path)

FlowfileUtils

from ingest.flows import FlowfileUtils

# Download flowfiles from S3
flowfile_dfs = FlowfileUtils.download_flowfiles(bucket, keys, s3_client)

# Extract statistics
flowstats = FlowfileUtils.extract_flowstats(flowfile_dfs)

# Create flowfile object for STAC
flowfile_obj = FlowfileUtils.create_flowfile_object(ids, flowstats, columns)

S3 Catalog Structure

The STAC catalog is stored in S3 with this structure:

s3://fimc-data/benchmark/stac-bench-cat/
├── catalog.json                           # Root catalog
├── ble-collection/
│   ├── collection.json
│   └── <huc8>-ble/
│       └── <huc8>-ble.json               # Item
├── iceye-collection/
│   ├── collection.json
│   └── <event-id>/
│       └── <event-id>.json               # Item
├── gfm-collection/
│   ├── collection.json
│   └── DFO-<event>_tile-<sentinel-id>/
│       └── DFO-<event>_tile-<sentinel-id>.json   # Item
├── gfm-expanded-collection/
│   ├── collection.json
│   └── GFM-expanded_<sentinel-id>/
│       └── GFM-expanded_<sentinel-id>.json      # Item
└── assets/
    ├── derived-asset-data/                # Cached metadata
    │   ├── ble_collection.parquet
    │   ├── iceye_collection.parquet
    │   ├── gfm_collection.parquet
    │   └── gfm_expanded_collection.parquet
    └── thumbnails/                        # Generated thumbnails

Development

Code Style

Follow existing patterns in collection modules
Use type hints where appropriate
Document functions with docstrings
Log important operations with logging module

Extending Schemas

When adding new properties to schemas:

Add property definition to item schema
Update collection schema if needed
Document in schema README
Update ingestion code to populate property
Validate generated STAC items

Troubleshooting

Common Issues

Issue: NoCredentialsError when running ingestion

Solution: Configure AWS credentials (aws configure) or copy and paste AWS credentials into the shell you are running the collection creation code from.

Issue: Parquet file conflicts

Solution: Use --reprocess_assets flag to regenerate cached data

Issue: S3 permission errors

Solution: Ensure IAM role has read/write access to bucket

Issue: Validation errors

Solution: Check schema compatibility and required fields

Logging

All ingestion scripts log to console. For debugging:

import logging
logging.basicConfig(level=logging.DEBUG)

Contributing

When contributing new data sources or features:

Follow the established module structure
Create comprehensive schemas
Document thoroughly (code comments, READMEs)
Test with real data
Update this README

References

License

[Specify license information here]

Contact

@dylanlee

@robgpita

@biplovbhandari

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Overview

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Setup

Usage

Ingesting Data

Example: Ingest ICEYE Data

Example: Ingest BLE Data

Example: Ingest GFM (DFO) Data

Example: Ingest GFM Expanded Data

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Orchestration Container

Batch pipeline (GFM and GFM Expanded)

GFM batch

GFM Expanded batch

Command Line Arguments

Processing Pipeline

Metadata Caching

Scripts

STAC Processor (scripts/stac_processor.py)

Migrate benchmark STAC (scripts/stac-migration.sh)

Normalize Catalog (scripts/normalize_cat.py)

unzip zip files to S3 prefixs (scripts/unzip.py)

Upload a single collection to a STAC API(scripts/recreate_collection.sh)

STAC Schema

Validating STAC Items

Schema Documentation

Adding a New Data Source

Example Pattern (ICEYE)

Key Features

Thumbnail Generation

Depth Standardization (ICEYE)

Convex Hull Geometries

Flowfile Integration

OWP QC Grading (GFM / GFM Expanded)

owp:* STAC Properties

HUC Summary Object

The QC Configuration file sets the thresholds values listed below.

Grading Thresholds (version 1.0)

Impact Thresholds (version 1.0)

Shared Utilities

S3Utils

RasterUtils

FlowfileUtils

S3 Catalog Structure

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STAC Processor (`scripts/stac_processor.py`)

Migrate benchmark STAC (`scripts/stac-migration.sh`)

Normalize Catalog (`scripts/normalize_cat.py`)

unzip zip files to S3 prefixs (`scripts/unzip.py`)

Upload a single collection to a STAC API(`scripts/recreate_collection.sh`)

`owp:*` STAC Properties