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Geothermal observation source records for AI review

A report can reuse an instrument label after its assigned sample point changes.

By Fiund · Updated 2026-11-05

NAICS 221116 · Geothermal Electric Power Generation

A report can reuse an instrument label after its assigned sample point changes. DOE describes geothermal data and modeling resources. A project team can use a detached exercise to test whether an assistant associates an observation with the right source and period. DOE geothermal data and analysis

Create two fictional observation points with different roles and a time-stamped instrument reassignment. Give one observation a confirmed source and leave another with an unresolved mapping. Ask which series can be joined under the exercise and what the reviewer needs to verify. Keep the labels about identity and evidence, with no operational or performance conclusion.

Keep real locations, wells, flow and temperature histories, facility design, and equipment settings private. Use artificial values and no controls.

Describe a geothermal source-matching sample

Original Fiund exercise

Resolve a reused instrument label against its assignment history

Two fictional observation points and an artificial instrument register test source association. No real wells, locations, temperatures or operating histories are supplied.

Fictional records supplied to the evaluator
RecordSourceWhat it records
MAP-I1Initial practice assignmentInstrument alias I records point P1 before 13:00 UTC.
MAP-I2Confirmed reassignmentI is assigned to P2 from 13:00 UTC onward.
OBS-I3Time-stamped practice observationI has an observation at 13:10 UTC.
OBS-I4Incomplete practice observationAnother I record says 12:50 but supplies no date or time-zone convention.

Question for the model

Which point can OBS-I3 be associated with, and can OBS-I4 be assigned confidently under the supplied mapping?

Show the reference answer and checks

OBS-I3 maps to P2 under MAP-I2 because its explicit 13:10 UTC timestamp follows the 13:00 UTC reassignment. OBS-I4 lacks the date and time convention needed to compare it with that boundary. Its displayed 12:50 alone cannot establish P1. Preserve the unresolved association and request the missing timestamp context.

  • Grouping every record with instrument label I into one continuous point series.
  • Treating a timezone-free clock string as comparable to an explicit UTC boundary.

Fields to preserve

Instrument assignment interval
Retain the point associated with I during each period.
Observation timestamp
Keep date and time-zone context with the clock value.
Mapping status
Distinguish a documented point association from an unresolved one.

Test another case

Add a later reassignment back to P1 and an observation exactly on its start boundary under an explicit inclusion rule.

The register is fictional and gives no resource or equipment interpretation. Exclude actual well information, plant design, flow history, locations and settings.

Download this fictional example and answer key (JSON)

Discuss a contribution

Describe the sources you control, the task they could support and what has already been checked. Use the existing-data assessment for an archive or the collection brief for a new recording project. The contributor agreement defines Fiund’s licensing authority and compensation. A guide or fictional exercise does not establish an accepted collection or a sale.

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