diff --git a/tests/fixtures/stationmeta/stationmeta_global.json b/tests/fixtures/stationmeta/stationmeta_global.json
index 6e6be3938a28025b0990b22fc5a7b33fcce8988e..b084fe19531a9d332e92f18609f388fbc03fda13 100644
--- a/tests/fixtures/stationmeta/stationmeta_global.json
+++ b/tests/fixtures/stationmeta/stationmeta_global.json
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
    "min_topography_srtm_relative_alt_5km_year1994":-999.0,
    "stddev_topography_srtm_relative_alt_5km_year1994":-999.0,
    "climatic_zone_year2016": 6, 
-   "htap_region_tier1_year2010":10,
+   "htap_region_tier1_year2010":11,
    "dominant_landcover_year2012":10,
    "landcover_description_25km_year2012":"11:30.7 %,12:25.0 %,210:16.9 %,130:8.6 %,190:5.8 %,100:3.5 %,40:2.6 %,10:2.0 %,30:1.9 %",
    "dominant_ecoregion_year2017":-1,
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
    "min_topography_srtm_relative_alt_5km_year1994":-999.0,
    "stddev_topography_srtm_relative_alt_5km_year1994":-999.0,
    "climatic_zone_year2016": 6, 
-   "htap_region_tier1_year2010":10,
+   "htap_region_tier1_year2010":11,
    "dominant_landcover_year2012":10,
    "landcover_description_25km_year2012":"",
    "dominant_ecoregion_year2017":-1,
diff --git a/tests/test_data.py b/tests/test_data.py
index 7dd6f5a31177e78cefc6e36c955f42808c605b71..fe796170d025fccc490e2a4aa4629f188289e080 100644
--- a/tests/test_data.py
+++ b/tests/test_data.py
@@ -539,6 +539,21 @@ class TestApps:
                                       {'datetime': '2012-12-17T04:00:00+00:00', 'value': 19.62, 'flags': 'OK validated verified', 'timeseries_id': 2, 'version': '1.0'}]}
         assert response.json() == expected_response
 
+    def test_create_data_record(self, client, db):
+        response = client.post("/data/timeseries/record/?series_id=2&datetime=2021-08-23%2015:00:00&value=67.3&flag=OK&version=000001.000001.00000000000000")
+        expected_status_code = 200
+        assert response.status_code == expected_status_code
+        expected_response = 'Data successfully inserted.'
+        assert response.json() == expected_response
+        patched_response = client.get("/timeseries/2")
+        assert patched_response.status_code == expected_status_code
+        patched_response_changelog = patched_response.json()["changelog"][-1]
+        patched_response_changelog["datetime"] = ""
+        expected_changelog = {'datetime': '', 'description': 'data record created', 'old_value': '', 'new_value': '',
+                              'timeseries_id': 2, 'author_id': 1, 'type_of_change': 'created', 'period_start': '2021-08-23T15:00:00+00:00',
+                              'period_end': '2021-08-23T15:00:00+00:00', 'version': '000001.000001.00000000000000'}
+        assert patched_response_changelog == expected_changelog
+
 
     def test_patch_data(self, client, db):
         response = client.patch("/data/timeseries/?description=test patch&version=000002.000000.00000000000000", files={"file": open("tests/fixtures/data/toluene_SDZ54421_2012_2012_v2-0.dat", "rb")})
@@ -557,6 +572,17 @@ class TestApps:
 
 
     def test_patch_bulk_data(self, client, db):
+        # show version of the original time series
+        version_response = client.get("/data/timeseries/next_version/1")
+        expected_status_code = 200
+        assert version_response.status_code == expected_status_code
+        expected_response = '000001.000001.00000000000000'
+        assert version_response.json() == expected_response
+        version_response = client.get("/data/timeseries/next_version/1?major=True")
+        expected_status_code = 200
+        assert version_response.status_code == expected_status_code
+        expected_response = '000002.000000.00000000000000'
+        assert version_response.json() == expected_response
         response = client.patch("/data/timeseries/bulk/?description=test patch bulk data&version=000002.000000.00000000000000",
                 data='''[{"datetime": "2012-12-17T00:00:00+00:00", "value": 7.848,  "flags": 0, "timeseries_id": 1, "version": "000002.000000.00000000000000"},
                          {"datetime": "2012-12-17T01:00:00+00:00", "value": 15.696, "flags": 0, "timeseries_id": 1, "version": "000002.000000.00000000000000"},
@@ -662,6 +688,17 @@ class TestApps:
         dindex = patched_response['metadata']['citation'].index(" on 2")
         patched_response['metadata']['citation'] = patched_response['metadata']['citation'][:dindex]
         assert patched_response == expected_response
+        # also show that next_version has changed by this patch
+        version_response = client.get("/data/timeseries/next_version/1")
+        expected_status_code = 200
+        assert version_response.status_code == expected_status_code
+        expected_response = '000002.000001.00000000000000'
+        assert version_response.json() == expected_response
+        version_response = client.get("/data/timeseries/next_version/1?major=True")
+        expected_status_code = 200
+        assert version_response.status_code == expected_status_code
+        expected_response = '000003.000000.00000000000000'
+        assert version_response.json() == expected_response
 
 
     def test_patch_bulk_data2(self, client, db):
diff --git a/tests/test_search.py b/tests/test_search.py
index b1e6ae4e82c99e4da6cb51fb972e93fc61b4effc..fe1b96b780d93079d0792215664c2dfdcb9b5cab 100644
--- a/tests/test_search.py
+++ b/tests/test_search.py
@@ -176,51 +176,60 @@ class TestApps:
         response = client.get("/search/")
         expected_status_code = 200
         assert response.status_code == expected_status_code
-        expected_resp = [{'id': 1, 'label': 'CMA', 'order': 1,
-                          'sampling_frequency': 'hourly', 'aggregation': 'mean', 'data_origin_type': 'measurement',
-                          'data_start_date': '2003-09-07T15:30:00+00:00', 'data_end_date': '2016-12-31T14:30:00+00:00', 'coverage': -1.0,
-                          'data_origin': 'instrument', 'sampling_height': 7.0,
-                          'provider_version': 'N/A', 'doi': '', 'additional_metadata': {},
-                          'roles': [{'id': 2, 'role': 'resource provider', 'status': 'active',
-                                     'contact': {'id': 4, 'organisation': {'id': 1, 'name': 'UBA', 'longname': 'Umweltbundesamt',
-                                                                           'kind': 'government', 'city': 'Dessau-Roßlau', 'postcode': '06844', 'street_address': 'Wörlitzer Platz 1',
-                                                                           'country': 'Germany', 'homepage': 'https://www.umweltbundesamt.de', 'contact_url': 'mailto:immission@uba.de'}}}],
-                          'variable': {'name': 'toluene', 'longname': 'toluene', 'displayname': 'Toluene',
-                                       'cf_standardname': 'mole_fraction_of_toluene_in_air', 'units': 'nmol mol-1',
-                                       'chemical_formula': 'C7H8', 'id': 7},
-                          'station': {'id': 2, 'codes': ['SDZ54421'], 'name': 'Shangdianzi',
+        expected_resp = [{'id': 1,
+                          'label': 'CMA',
+                          'order': 1,
+                          'sampling_frequency': 'hourly',
+                          'aggregation': 'mean',
+                          'data_start_date': '2003-09-07T15:30:00+00:00',
+                          'data_end_date': '2016-12-31T14:30:00+00:00',
+                          'data_origin': 'instrument',
+                          'data_origin_type': 'measurement',
+                          'provider_version': 'N/A',
+                          'sampling_height': 7.0,
+                          'additional_metadata': {},
+                          'doi': '',
+                          'coverage': -1.0,
+                          'station': {'id': 2,
+                                      'codes': ['SDZ54421'],
+                                      'name': 'Shangdianzi',
                                       'coordinates': {'lat': 40.65, 'lng': 117.106, 'alt': 293.9},
                                       'coordinate_validation_status': 'not checked',
-                                      'country': 'China', 'state': 'Beijing Shi',
-                                      'type': 'unknown', 'type_of_area': 'unknown',
+                                      'country': 'China',
+                                      'state': 'Beijing Shi',
+                                      'type': 'unknown',
+                                      'type_of_area': 'unknown',
                                       'timezone': 'Asia/Shanghai',
                                       'additional_metadata': {'dummy_info': 'Here is some more information about the station'},
-                                      'roles': [], 'annotations': [],
-                                      'aux_images': [], 'aux_docs': [], 'aux_urls': [],
-                                      'globalmeta': {'climatic_zone_year2016': '6 (warm temperate dry)',
-                                                     'distance_to_major_road_year2020': -999.0,
-                                                     'dominant_ecoregion_year2017': '-1 (undefined)',
+                                      'roles': [],
+                                      'annotations': [],
+                                      'aux_images': [],
+                                      'aux_docs': [],
+                                      'aux_urls': [],
+                                      'globalmeta': {'mean_topography_srtm_alt_90m_year1994': -999.0,
+                                                     'mean_topography_srtm_alt_1km_year1994': -999.0,
+                                                     'max_topography_srtm_relative_alt_5km_year1994': -999.0,
+                                                     'min_topography_srtm_relative_alt_5km_year1994': -999.0,
+                                                     'stddev_topography_srtm_relative_alt_5km_year1994': -999.0,
+                                                     'climatic_zone_year2016': '6 (warm temperate dry)',
+                                                     'htap_region_tier1_year2010': '11 (MDE Middle East: S. Arabia, Oman, etc, Iran, Iraq)',
                                                      'dominant_landcover_year2012': '10 (Cropland, rainfed)',
-                                                     'ecoregion_description_25km_year2017': '',
-                                                     'htap_region_tier1_year2010': '10 (SAF Sub Saharan/sub Sahel Africa)',
                                                      'landcover_description_25km_year2012': '',
-                                                     'max_stable_nightlights_25km_year1992': -999.0,
-                                                     'max_stable_nightlights_25km_year2013': -999.0,
-                                                     'max_population_density_25km_year1990': -1.0,
-                                                     'max_population_density_25km_year2015': -1.0,
-                                                     'max_topography_srtm_relative_alt_5km_year1994': -999.0,
+                                                     'dominant_ecoregion_year2017': '-1 (undefined)',
+                                                     'ecoregion_description_25km_year2017': '',
+                                                     'distance_to_major_road_year2020': -999.0,
                                                      'mean_stable_nightlights_1km_year2013': -999.0,
                                                      'mean_stable_nightlights_5km_year2013': -999.0,
-                                                     'mean_nox_emissions_10km_year2000': -999.0,
-                                                     'mean_nox_emissions_10km_year2015': -999.0,
-                                                     'mean_population_density_250m_year1990': -1.0,
+                                                     'max_stable_nightlights_25km_year2013': -999.0,
+                                                     'max_stable_nightlights_25km_year1992': -999.0,
                                                      'mean_population_density_250m_year2015': -1.0,
-                                                     'mean_population_density_5km_year1990': -1.0,
                                                      'mean_population_density_5km_year2015': -1.0,
-                                                     'mean_topography_srtm_alt_1km_year1994': -999.0,
-                                                     'mean_topography_srtm_alt_90m_year1994': -999.0,
-                                                     'min_topography_srtm_relative_alt_5km_year1994': -999.0,
-                                                     'stddev_topography_srtm_relative_alt_5km_year1994': -999.0,
+                                                     'max_population_density_25km_year2015': -1.0,
+                                                     'mean_population_density_250m_year1990': -1.0,
+                                                     'mean_population_density_5km_year1990': -1.0,
+                                                     'max_population_density_25km_year1990': -1.0,
+                                                     'mean_nox_emissions_10km_year2015': -999.0,
+                                                     'mean_nox_emissions_10km_year2000': -999.0,
                                                      'toar1_category': 'unclassified'},
                                       'changelog': [{'datetime': '2023-07-15T19:27:09.463245+00:00',
                                                      'description': 'station created',
@@ -228,62 +237,95 @@ class TestApps:
                                                      'new_value': '',
                                                      'station_id': 2,
                                                      'author_id': 1,
-                                                     'type_of_change': 'created'
-                                                    }]},                                     
-                          'programme': {'id': 0, 'name': '', 'longname': '', 'homepage': '', 'description': ''}},
-                         {'id': 2, 'label': 'CMA', 'order': 1,
-                          'sampling_frequency': 'hourly', 'aggregation': 'mean', 'data_origin_type': 'measurement',
-                          'data_start_date': '2003-09-07T15:30:00+00:00', 'data_end_date': '2016-12-31T14:30:00+00:00', 'coverage': -1.0,
-                          'data_origin': 'instrument', 'sampling_height': 7.0,
+                                                     'type_of_change': 'created'}]},
+                          'variable': {'name': 'toluene',
+                                       'longname': 'toluene',
+                                       'displayname': 'Toluene',
+                                       'cf_standardname': 'mole_fraction_of_toluene_in_air',
+                                       'units': 'nmol mol-1',
+                                       'chemical_formula': 'C7H8',
+                                       'id': 7},
+                          'programme': {'id': 0,
+                                        'name': '',
+                                        'longname': '',
+                                        'homepage': '',
+                                        'description': ''},
+                          'roles': [{'id': 2,
+                                     'role': 'resource provider',
+                                     'status': 'active',
+                                     'contact': {'id': 4,
+                                                 'organisation': {'id': 1,
+                                                                  'name': 'UBA',
+                                                                  'longname': 'Umweltbundesamt',
+                                                                  'kind': 'government',
+                                                                  'city': 'Dessau-Roßlau',
+                                                                  'postcode': '06844',
+                                                                  'street_address': 'Wörlitzer Platz 1',
+                                                                  'country': 'Germany',
+                                                                  'homepage': 'https://www.umweltbundesamt.de',
+                                                                  'contact_url': 'mailto:immission@uba.de'}}}]},
+                         {'id': 2,
+                          'label': 'CMA',
+                          'order': 1,
+                          'sampling_frequency': 'hourly',
+                          'aggregation': 'mean',
+                          'data_start_date': '2003-09-07T15:30:00+00:00',
+                          'data_end_date': '2016-12-31T14:30:00+00:00',
+                          'data_origin': 'instrument',
+                          'data_origin_type': 'measurement',
                           'provider_version': 'N/A',
-                          'doi': '',
-                          'additional_metadata': {'absorption_cross_section': 'Hearn 1961',
+                          'sampling_height': 7.0,
+                          'additional_metadata': {'original_units': {'since_19740101000000': 'nmol/mol'},
                                                   'measurement_method': 'uv_abs',
-                                                  'original_units': {'since_19740101000000': 'nmol/mol'},
-                                                  'ebas_metadata_19740101000000_29y': {'Submitter': 'Unknown, Lady, lady.unknown@unknown.com, some long division name, SHORT, , 111 Streetname, , zipcode, Boulder, CO, USA',
-                                                          'Data level': '2',
-                                                          'Frameworks': 'GAW-WDCRG NOAA-ESRL',
-                                                          'Station code': 'XXX',
-                                                          'Station name': 'Secret' } },
-                          'roles': [{'id': 1, 'role': 'resource provider', 'status': 'active',
-                                     'contact': {'id': 5, 'organisation': {'id': 2, 'name': 'FZJ', 'longname': 'Forschungszentrum Jülich',
-                                                                           'kind': 'research', 'city': 'Jülich', 'postcode': '52425', 'street_address': 'Wilhelm-Johnen-Straße',
-                                                                           'country': 'Germany', 'homepage': 'https://www.fz-juelich.de', 'contact_url': 'mailto:toar-data@fz-juelich.de'}}}],
-                          'variable': {'name': 'o3', 'longname': 'ozone', 'displayname': 'Ozone',
-                                       'cf_standardname': 'mole_fraction_of_ozone_in_air', 'units': 'nmol mol-1',
-                                       'chemical_formula': 'O3', 'id': 5},
-                          'station': {'id': 3, 'codes': ['China_test8'], 'name': 'Test_China',
-                                      'coordinates': {'alt': 1534.0, 'lat': 36.256, 'lng': 117.106},
+                                                  'absorption_cross_section': 'Hearn 1961',
+                                                  'ebas_metadata_19740101000000_29y':
+                                                      {'Submitter': 'Unknown, Lady, lady.unknown@unknown.com, some long division name, SHORT, , 111 Streetname, , zipcode, Boulder, CO, USA',
+                                                       'Data level': '2',
+                                                       'Frameworks': 'GAW-WDCRG NOAA-ESRL',
+                                                       'Station code': 'XXX',
+                                                       'Station name': 'Secret'}},
+                          'doi': '',
+                          'coverage': -1.0,
+                          'station': {'id': 3,
+                                  'codes': ['China_test8'],
+                                      'name': 'Test_China',
+                                      'coordinates': {'lat': 36.256, 'lng': 117.106, 'alt': 1534.0},
                                       'coordinate_validation_status': 'not checked',
-                                      'country': 'China', 'state': 'Shandong Sheng',
-                                      'type': 'unknown', 'type_of_area': 'unknown',
-                                      'timezone': 'Asia/Shanghai', 'additional_metadata': {},
-                                      'roles': [], 'annotations': [],
-                                      'aux_images': [], 'aux_docs': [], 'aux_urls': [],
-                                      'globalmeta': {'climatic_zone_year2016': '6 (warm temperate dry)',
-                                                     'distance_to_major_road_year2020': -999.0,
-                                                     'dominant_ecoregion_year2017': '-1 (undefined)',
-                                                     'dominant_landcover_year2012': '10 (Cropland, rainfed)',
-                                                     'ecoregion_description_25km_year2017': '',
+                                      'country': 'China',
+                                      'state': 'Shandong Sheng',
+                                      'type': 'unknown',
+                                      'type_of_area': 'unknown',
+                                      'timezone': 'Asia/Shanghai',
+                                      'additional_metadata': {},
+                                      'roles': [],
+                                      'annotations': [],
+                                      'aux_images': [],
+                                      'aux_docs': [],
+                                      'aux_urls': [],
+                                      'globalmeta': {'mean_topography_srtm_alt_90m_year1994': -999.0,
+                                                     'mean_topography_srtm_alt_1km_year1994': -999.0,
+                                                     'max_topography_srtm_relative_alt_5km_year1994': -999.0,
+                                                     'min_topography_srtm_relative_alt_5km_year1994': -999.0,
+                                                     'stddev_topography_srtm_relative_alt_5km_year1994': -999.0,
+                                                     'climatic_zone_year2016': '6 (warm temperate dry)',
                                                      'htap_region_tier1_year2010': '10 (SAF Sub Saharan/sub Sahel Africa)',
+                                                     'dominant_landcover_year2012': '10 (Cropland, rainfed)',
                                                      'landcover_description_25km_year2012': '',
-                                                     'max_stable_nightlights_25km_year1992': -999.0,
-                                                     'max_stable_nightlights_25km_year2013': -999.0,
-                                                     'max_population_density_25km_year1990': -1.0,
-                                                     'max_population_density_25km_year2015': -1.0,
-                                                     'max_topography_srtm_relative_alt_5km_year1994': -999.0,
+                                                     'dominant_ecoregion_year2017': '-1 (undefined)',
+                                                     'ecoregion_description_25km_year2017': '',
+                                                     'distance_to_major_road_year2020': -999.0,
                                                      'mean_stable_nightlights_1km_year2013': -999.0,
                                                      'mean_stable_nightlights_5km_year2013': -999.0,
-                                                     'mean_nox_emissions_10km_year2000': -999.0,
-                                                     'mean_nox_emissions_10km_year2015': -999.0,
-                                                     'mean_population_density_250m_year1990': -1.0,
+                                                     'max_stable_nightlights_25km_year2013': -999.0,
+                                                     'max_stable_nightlights_25km_year1992': -999.0,
                                                      'mean_population_density_250m_year2015': -1.0,
-                                                     'mean_population_density_5km_year1990': -1.0,
                                                      'mean_population_density_5km_year2015': -1.0,
-                                                     'mean_topography_srtm_alt_1km_year1994': -999.0,
-                                                     'mean_topography_srtm_alt_90m_year1994': -999.0,
-                                                     'min_topography_srtm_relative_alt_5km_year1994': -999.0,
-                                                     'stddev_topography_srtm_relative_alt_5km_year1994': -999.0,
+                                                     'max_population_density_25km_year2015': -1.0,
+                                                     'mean_population_density_250m_year1990': -1.0,
+                                                     'mean_population_density_5km_year1990': -1.0,
+                                                     'max_population_density_25km_year1990': -1.0,
+                                                     'mean_nox_emissions_10km_year2015': -999.0,
+                                                     'mean_nox_emissions_10km_year2000': -999.0,
                                                      'toar1_category': 'unclassified'},
                                       'changelog': [{'datetime': '2023-08-15T21:16:20.596545+00:00',
                                                      'description': 'station created',
@@ -291,9 +333,34 @@ class TestApps:
                                                      'new_value': '',
                                                      'station_id': 3,
                                                      'author_id': 1,
-                                                     'type_of_change': 'created'
-                                                    }]},
-                          'programme': {'id': 0, 'name': '', 'longname': '', 'homepage': '', 'description': ''}}]
+                                                     'type_of_change': 'created'}]},
+                          'variable': {'name': 'o3',
+                                       'longname': 'ozone',
+                                       'displayname': 'Ozone',
+                                       'cf_standardname': 'mole_fraction_of_ozone_in_air',
+                                       'units': 'nmol mol-1',
+                                       'chemical_formula': 'O3',
+                                       'id': 5},
+                          'programme': {'id': 0,
+                                        'name': '',
+                                        'longname': '',
+                                        'homepage': '',
+                                        'description': ''},
+                          'roles': [{'id': 1,
+                                     'role': 'resource provider',
+                                     'status': 'active',
+                                     'contact': {'id': 5,
+                                                 'organisation':
+                                                     {'id': 2,
+                                                      'name': 'FZJ',
+                                                      'longname': 'Forschungszentrum Jülich',
+                                                      'kind': 'research',
+                                                      'city': 'Jülich',
+                                                      'postcode': '52425',
+                                                      'street_address': 'Wilhelm-Johnen-Straße',
+                                                      'country': 'Germany',
+                                                      'homepage': 'https://www.fz-juelich.de',
+                                                      'contact_url': 'mailto:toar-data@fz-juelich.de'}}}]}]
         assert response.json() == expected_resp
 
 
@@ -564,3 +631,73 @@ class TestApps:
                                                     }]},
                           'programme': {'id': 0, 'name': '', 'longname': '', 'homepage': '', 'description': ''}}]
         assert response.json() == expected_resp
+
+
+    def test_search_with_global_attributes(self, client, db):
+        response = client.get("/search/?climatic_zone_year2016=WarmTemperateDry&htap_region_tier1_year2010=HTAPTier1SAF")
+        expected_status_code = 200
+        assert response.status_code == expected_status_code
+        expected_resp = [{'id': 2, 'label': 'CMA', 'order': 1,
+                          'sampling_frequency': 'hourly', 'aggregation': 'mean', 'data_origin_type': 'measurement',
+                          'data_start_date': '2003-09-07T15:30:00+00:00', 'data_end_date': '2016-12-31T14:30:00+00:00', 'coverage': -1.0,
+                          'data_origin': 'instrument', 'sampling_height': 7.0,
+                          'provider_version': 'N/A',
+                          'doi': '',
+                          'additional_metadata': {'absorption_cross_section': 'Hearn 1961',
+                                                  'measurement_method': 'uv_abs',
+                                                  'original_units': {'since_19740101000000': 'nmol/mol'},
+                                                  'ebas_metadata_19740101000000_29y': {'Submitter': 'Unknown, Lady, lady.unknown@unknown.com, some long division name, SHORT, , 111 Streetname, , zipcode, Boulder, CO, USA',
+                                                          'Data level': '2',
+                                                          'Frameworks': 'GAW-WDCRG NOAA-ESRL',
+                                                          'Station code': 'XXX',
+                                                          'Station name': 'Secret' } },
+                          'roles': [{'id': 1, 'role': 'resource provider', 'status': 'active',
+                                     'contact': {'id': 5, 'organisation': {'id': 2, 'name': 'FZJ', 'longname': 'Forschungszentrum Jülich',
+                                                                           'kind': 'research', 'city': 'Jülich', 'postcode': '52425', 'street_address': 'Wilhelm-Johnen-Straße',
+                                                                           'country': 'Germany', 'homepage': 'https://www.fz-juelich.de', 'contact_url': 'mailto:toar-data@fz-juelich.de'}}}],
+                          'variable': {'name': 'o3', 'longname': 'ozone', 'displayname': 'Ozone',
+                                       'cf_standardname': 'mole_fraction_of_ozone_in_air', 'units': 'nmol mol-1',
+                                       'chemical_formula': 'O3', 'id': 5},
+                          'station': {'id': 3, 'codes': ['China_test8'], 'name': 'Test_China',
+                                      'coordinates': {'alt': 1534.0, 'lat': 36.256, 'lng': 117.106},
+                                      'coordinate_validation_status': 'not checked',
+                                      'country': 'China', 'state': 'Shandong Sheng',
+                                      'type': 'unknown', 'type_of_area': 'unknown',
+                                      'timezone': 'Asia/Shanghai', 'additional_metadata': {},
+                                      'roles': [], 'annotations': [],
+                                      'aux_images': [], 'aux_docs': [], 'aux_urls': [],
+                                      'globalmeta': {'climatic_zone_year2016': '6 (warm temperate dry)',
+                                                     'distance_to_major_road_year2020': -999.0,
+                                                     'dominant_ecoregion_year2017': '-1 (undefined)',
+                                                     'dominant_landcover_year2012': '10 (Cropland, rainfed)',
+                                                     'ecoregion_description_25km_year2017': '',
+                                                     'htap_region_tier1_year2010': '10 (SAF Sub Saharan/sub Sahel Africa)',
+                                                     'landcover_description_25km_year2012': '',
+                                                     'max_stable_nightlights_25km_year1992': -999.0,
+                                                     'max_stable_nightlights_25km_year2013': -999.0,
+                                                     'max_population_density_25km_year1990': -1.0,
+                                                     'max_population_density_25km_year2015': -1.0,
+                                                     'max_topography_srtm_relative_alt_5km_year1994': -999.0,
+                                                     'mean_stable_nightlights_1km_year2013': -999.0,
+                                                     'mean_stable_nightlights_5km_year2013': -999.0,
+                                                     'mean_nox_emissions_10km_year2000': -999.0,
+                                                     'mean_nox_emissions_10km_year2015': -999.0,
+                                                     'mean_population_density_250m_year1990': -1.0,
+                                                     'mean_population_density_250m_year2015': -1.0,
+                                                     'mean_population_density_5km_year1990': -1.0,
+                                                     'mean_population_density_5km_year2015': -1.0,
+                                                     'mean_topography_srtm_alt_1km_year1994': -999.0,
+                                                     'mean_topography_srtm_alt_90m_year1994': -999.0,
+                                                     'min_topography_srtm_relative_alt_5km_year1994': -999.0,
+                                                     'stddev_topography_srtm_relative_alt_5km_year1994': -999.0,
+                                                     'toar1_category': 'unclassified'},
+                                      'changelog': [{'datetime': '2023-08-15T21:16:20.596545+00:00',
+                                                     'description': 'station created',
+                                                     'old_value': '',
+                                                     'new_value': '',
+                                                     'station_id': 3,
+                                                     'author_id': 1,
+                                                     'type_of_change': 'created'
+                                                    }]},
+                          'programme': {'id': 0, 'name': '', 'longname': '', 'homepage': '', 'description': ''}}]
+        assert response.json() == expected_resp
diff --git a/tests/test_stationmeta.py b/tests/test_stationmeta.py
index 834d03973d5ce0b99cee09a93b367b7f80702b83..a3f6f59ce9af11ed1872a77b0598ce6c526c6118 100644
--- a/tests/test_stationmeta.py
+++ b/tests/test_stationmeta.py
@@ -187,75 +187,83 @@ class TestApps:
         response = client.get("/stationmeta/")
         expected_status_code = 200
         assert response.status_code == expected_status_code
-        expected_resp = [{'id': 1, 'codes': ['China11'], 'name': 'Mount Tai',
+        expected_resp = [{'id': 1,
+                          'codes': ['China11'],
+                          'name': 'Mount Tai',
                           'coordinates': {'lat': 36.256, 'lng': 117.106, 'alt': 1534.0},
                           'coordinate_validation_status': 'not checked',
-                          'country': 'China', 'state': 'Shandong Sheng',
-                          'type': 'unknown', 'type_of_area': 'unknown',
-                          'timezone': 'Asia/Shanghai', 'additional_metadata': {},
-                          'roles': [{ 'contact': {
-                                      'city': 'Dessau-Roßlau',
-                                      'contact_url': 'mailto:immission@uba.de',
-                                      'country': 'Germany',
-                                      'homepage': 'https://www.umweltbundesamt.de',
-                                      'id': 1,
-                                      'kind': 'government',
-                                      'longname': 'Umweltbundesamt',
-                                      'name': 'UBA',
-                                      'postcode': '06844',
-                                      'street_address': 'Wörlitzer Platz 1',
-                                  },
-                                  'id': 2,
-                                  'role': 'resource provider',
-                                  'status': 'active' }],
-                          'annotations': [], 'aux_images': [], 'aux_docs': [], 'aux_urls': [],
-                          'globalmeta': {'climatic_zone_year2016': '6 (warm temperate dry)',
-                                         'distance_to_major_road_year2020': -999.0,
-                                         'dominant_ecoregion_year2017': '-1 (undefined)',
+                          'country': 'China',
+                          'state': 'Shandong Sheng',
+                          'type': 'unknown',
+                          'type_of_area': 'unknown',
+                          'timezone': 'Asia/Shanghai',
+                          'additional_metadata': {},
+                          'roles': [{'id': 2,
+                                     'role': 'resource provider',
+                                     'status': 'active',
+                                     'contact': {'id': 1,
+                                                 'name': 'UBA',
+                                                 'longname': 'Umweltbundesamt',
+                                                 'kind': 'government',
+                                                 'city': 'Dessau-Roßlau',
+                                                 'postcode': '06844',
+                                                 'street_address': 'Wörlitzer Platz 1',
+                                                 'country': 'Germany',
+                                                 'homepage': 'https://www.umweltbundesamt.de',
+                                                 'contact_url': 'mailto:immission@uba.de'}}],
+                          'annotations': [],
+                          'aux_images': [],
+                          'aux_docs': [],
+                          'aux_urls': [],
+                          'globalmeta': {'mean_topography_srtm_alt_90m_year1994': -999.0,
+                                         'mean_topography_srtm_alt_1km_year1994': -999.0,
+                                         'max_topography_srtm_relative_alt_5km_year1994': -999.0,
+                                         'min_topography_srtm_relative_alt_5km_year1994': -999.0,
+                                         'stddev_topography_srtm_relative_alt_5km_year1994': -999.0,
+                                         'climatic_zone_year2016': '6 (warm temperate dry)',
+                                         'htap_region_tier1_year2010': '11 (MDE Middle East: S. '
+                                                                       'Arabia, Oman, etc, Iran, Iraq)',
                                          'dominant_landcover_year2012': '10 (Cropland, rainfed)',
+                                         'landcover_description_25km_year2012': '11 (Cropland, '
+                                                                                'rainfed, herbaceous '
+                                                                                'cover): 30.7 %, 12 '
+                                                                                '(Cropland, rainfed, '
+                                                                                'tree or shrub cover): '
+                                                                                '25.0 %, 210 (Water '
+                                                                                'bodies): 16.9 %, 130 '
+                                                                                '(Grassland): 8.6 %, '
+                                                                                '190 (Urban areas): '
+                                                                                '5.8 %, 100 (Mosaic '
+                                                                                'tree and shrub (>50%) '
+                                                                                '/ herbaceous cover '
+                                                                                '(<50%)): 3.5 %, 40 '
+                                                                                '(Mosaic natural '
+                                                                                'vegetation (tree, '
+                                                                                'shrub, herbaceous '
+                                                                                'cover) (>50%) / '
+                                                                                'cropland (<50%)): 2.6 '
+                                                                                '%, 10 (Cropland, '
+                                                                                'rainfed): 2.0 %, 30 '
+                                                                                '(Mosaic cropland '
+                                                                                '(>50%) / natural '
+                                                                                'vegetation (tree, '
+                                                                                'shrub, herbaceous '
+                                                                                'cover) (<50%)): 1.9 %',
+                                         'dominant_ecoregion_year2017': '-1 (undefined)',
                                          'ecoregion_description_25km_year2017': '',
-                                         'landcover_description_25km_year2012': '11 (Cropland, rainfed, '
-                                                                         +'herbaceous cover): '
-                                                                         +'30.7 %, 12 (Cropland, '
-                                                                         +'rainfed, tree or shrub '
-                                                                         +'cover): 25.0 %, 210 '
-                                                                         +'(Water bodies): 16.9 '
-                                                                         +'%, 130 (Grassland): '
-                                                                         +'8.6 %, 190 (Urban '
-                                                                         +'areas): 5.8 %, 100 '
-                                                                         +'(Mosaic tree and shrub '
-                                                                         +'(>50%) / herbaceous '
-                                                                         +'cover (<50%)): 3.5 %, '
-                                                                         +'40 (Mosaic natural '
-                                                                         +'vegetation (tree, '
-                                                                         +'shrub, herbaceous '
-                                                                         +'cover) (>50%) / '
-                                                                         +'cropland (<50%)): 2.6 '
-                                                                         +'%, 10 (Cropland, '
-                                                                         +'rainfed): 2.0 %, 30 '
-                                                                         +'(Mosaic cropland '
-                                                                         +'(>50%) / natural '
-                                                                         +'vegetation (tree, '
-                                                                         +'shrub, herbaceous '
-                                                                         +'cover) (<50%)): 1.9 %',
-                                         'htap_region_tier1_year2010': '10 (SAF Sub Saharan/sub Sahel Africa)',
-                                         'max_stable_nightlights_25km_year1992': -999.0,
-                                         'max_stable_nightlights_25km_year2013': -999.0,
-                                         'max_population_density_25km_year1990': -1.0,
-                                         'max_population_density_25km_year2015': -1.0,
-                                         'max_topography_srtm_relative_alt_5km_year1994': -999.0,
+                                         'distance_to_major_road_year2020': -999.0,
                                          'mean_stable_nightlights_1km_year2013': -999.0,
                                          'mean_stable_nightlights_5km_year2013': -999.0,
-                                         'mean_nox_emissions_10km_year2000': -999.0,
-                                         'mean_nox_emissions_10km_year2015': -999.0,
-                                         'mean_population_density_250m_year1990': -1.0,
+                                         'max_stable_nightlights_25km_year2013': -999.0,
+                                         'max_stable_nightlights_25km_year1992': -999.0,
                                          'mean_population_density_250m_year2015': -1.0,
-                                         'mean_population_density_5km_year1990': -1.0,
                                          'mean_population_density_5km_year2015': -1.0,
-                                         'mean_topography_srtm_alt_1km_year1994': -999.0,
-                                         'mean_topography_srtm_alt_90m_year1994': -999.0,
-                                         'min_topography_srtm_relative_alt_5km_year1994': -999.0,
-                                         'stddev_topography_srtm_relative_alt_5km_year1994': -999.0,
+                                         'max_population_density_25km_year2015': -1.0,
+                                         'mean_population_density_250m_year1990': -1.0,
+                                         'mean_population_density_5km_year1990': -1.0,
+                                         'max_population_density_25km_year1990': -1.0,
+                                         'mean_nox_emissions_10km_year2015': -999.0,
+                                         'mean_nox_emissions_10km_year2000': -999.0,
                                          'toar1_category': 'unclassified'},
                           'changelog': [{'datetime': '2023-07-05T08:23:04.551645+00:00',
                                          'description': 'station created',
@@ -263,55 +271,61 @@ class TestApps:
                                          'new_value': '',
                                          'station_id': 1,
                                          'author_id': 1,
-                                         'type_of_change': 'created'
-                                        }]},
-                         {'id': 2, 'codes': ['SDZ54421'], 'name': 'Shangdianzi',
+                                         'type_of_change': 'created'}]},
+                         {'id': 2,
+                          'codes': ['SDZ54421'],
+                          'name': 'Shangdianzi',
                           'coordinates': {'lat': 40.65, 'lng': 117.106, 'alt': 293.9},
                           'coordinate_validation_status': 'not checked',
-                          'country': 'China', 'state': 'Beijing Shi',
-                          'type': 'unknown', 'type_of_area': 'unknown',
-                          'timezone': 'Asia/Shanghai', 
-                          'additional_metadata': {'dummy_info': 'Here is some more information about the station' },
-                          'roles': [{ 'contact': { 'city': 'Jülich',
-                                                   'contact_url': 'mailto:toar-data@fz-juelich.de',
-                                                   'country': 'Germany',
-                                                   'homepage': 'https://www.fz-juelich.de',
-                                                   'id': 2,
-                                                   'kind': 'research',
-                                                   'longname': 'Forschungszentrum Jülich',
-                                                   'name': 'FZJ',
-                                                   'postcode': '52425',
-                                                   'street_address': 'Wilhelm-Johnen-Straße',
-                                               },
-                                     'id': 1,
+                          'country': 'China',
+                          'state': 'Beijing Shi',
+                          'type': 'unknown',
+                          'type_of_area': 'unknown',
+                          'timezone': 'Asia/Shanghai',
+                          'additional_metadata': {'dummy_info': 'Here is some more information about '
+                                                                'the station'},
+                          'roles': [{'id': 1,
                                      'role': 'resource provider',
-                                     'status': 'active' }],
-
-                          'annotations': [], 'aux_images': [], 'aux_docs': [], 'aux_urls': [],
-                          'globalmeta': {'climatic_zone_year2016': '6 (warm temperate dry)',
-                                         'distance_to_major_road_year2020': -999.0,
-                                         'dominant_ecoregion_year2017': '-1 (undefined)',
+                                     'status': 'active',
+                                     'contact': {'id': 2,
+                                                 'name': 'FZJ',
+                                                 'longname': 'Forschungszentrum Jülich',
+                                                 'kind': 'research',
+                                                 'city': 'Jülich',
+                                                 'postcode': '52425',
+                                                 'street_address': 'Wilhelm-Johnen-Straße',
+                                                 'country': 'Germany',
+                                                 'homepage': 'https://www.fz-juelich.de',
+                                                 'contact_url': 'mailto:toar-data@fz-juelich.de'}}],
+                          'annotations': [],
+                          'aux_images': [],
+                          'aux_docs': [],
+                          'aux_urls': [],
+                          'globalmeta': {'mean_topography_srtm_alt_90m_year1994': -999.0,
+                                         'mean_topography_srtm_alt_1km_year1994': -999.0,
+                                         'max_topography_srtm_relative_alt_5km_year1994': -999.0,
+                                         'min_topography_srtm_relative_alt_5km_year1994': -999.0,
+                                         'stddev_topography_srtm_relative_alt_5km_year1994': -999.0,
+                                         'climatic_zone_year2016': '6 (warm temperate dry)',
+                                         'htap_region_tier1_year2010': '11 (MDE Middle East: S. '
+                                                                       'Arabia, Oman, etc, Iran, Iraq)',
                                          'dominant_landcover_year2012': '10 (Cropland, rainfed)',
                                          'landcover_description_25km_year2012': '',
+                                         'dominant_ecoregion_year2017': '-1 (undefined)',
                                          'ecoregion_description_25km_year2017': '',
-                                         'htap_region_tier1_year2010': '10 (SAF Sub Saharan/sub Sahel Africa)',
-                                         'max_stable_nightlights_25km_year1992': -999.0,
-                                         'max_stable_nightlights_25km_year2013': -999.0,
-                                         'max_population_density_25km_year1990': -1.0,
-                                         'max_population_density_25km_year2015': -1.0,
-                                         'max_topography_srtm_relative_alt_5km_year1994': -999.0,
+                                         'distance_to_major_road_year2020': -999.0,
                                          'mean_stable_nightlights_1km_year2013': -999.0,
                                          'mean_stable_nightlights_5km_year2013': -999.0,
-                                         'mean_nox_emissions_10km_year2000': -999.0,
-                                         'mean_nox_emissions_10km_year2015': -999.0,
-                                         'mean_population_density_250m_year1990': -1.0,
+                                         'max_stable_nightlights_25km_year2013': -999.0,
+                                         'max_stable_nightlights_25km_year1992': -999.0,
                                          'mean_population_density_250m_year2015': -1.0,
-                                         'mean_population_density_5km_year1990': -1.0,
                                          'mean_population_density_5km_year2015': -1.0,
-                                         'mean_topography_srtm_alt_1km_year1994': -999.0,
-                                         'mean_topography_srtm_alt_90m_year1994': -999.0,
-                                         'min_topography_srtm_relative_alt_5km_year1994': -999.0,
-                                         'stddev_topography_srtm_relative_alt_5km_year1994': -999.0,
+                                         'max_population_density_25km_year2015': -1.0,
+                                         'mean_population_density_250m_year1990': -1.0,
+                                         'mean_population_density_5km_year1990': -1.0,
+                                         'max_population_density_25km_year1990': -1.0,
+                                         'mean_nox_emissions_10km_year2015': -999.0,
+                                         'mean_nox_emissions_10km_year2000': -999.0,
                                          'toar1_category': 'unclassified'},
                           'changelog': [{'datetime': '2023-07-15T19:27:09.463245+00:00',
                                          'description': 'station created',
@@ -319,39 +333,48 @@ class TestApps:
                                          'new_value': '',
                                          'station_id': 2,
                                          'author_id': 1,
-                                         'type_of_change': 'created'
-                                        }]},
-                         {'id': 3, 'codes': ['China_test8'], 'name': 'Test_China',
+                                         'type_of_change': 'created'}]},
+                         {'id': 3,
+                          'codes': ['China_test8'],
+                          'name': 'Test_China',
                           'coordinates': {'lat': 36.256, 'lng': 117.106, 'alt': 1534.0},
                           'coordinate_validation_status': 'not checked',
-                          'country': 'China', 'state': 'Shandong Sheng',
-                          'type': 'unknown', 'type_of_area': 'unknown',
-                          'timezone': 'Asia/Shanghai', 'additional_metadata': {},
-                          'roles': [], 'annotations': [], 'aux_images': [], 'aux_docs': [], 'aux_urls': [],
-                          'globalmeta': {'climatic_zone_year2016': '6 (warm temperate dry)',
-                                         'distance_to_major_road_year2020': -999.0,
-                                         'dominant_ecoregion_year2017': '-1 (undefined)',
+                          'country': 'China',
+                          'state': 'Shandong Sheng',
+                          'type': 'unknown',
+                          'type_of_area': 'unknown',
+                          'timezone': 'Asia/Shanghai',
+                          'additional_metadata': {},
+                          'roles': [],
+                          'annotations': [],
+                          'aux_images': [],
+                          'aux_docs': [],
+                          'aux_urls': [],
+                          'globalmeta': {'mean_topography_srtm_alt_90m_year1994': -999.0,
+                                         'mean_topography_srtm_alt_1km_year1994': -999.0,
+                                         'max_topography_srtm_relative_alt_5km_year1994': -999.0,
+                                         'min_topography_srtm_relative_alt_5km_year1994': -999.0,
+                                         'stddev_topography_srtm_relative_alt_5km_year1994': -999.0,
+                                         'climatic_zone_year2016': '6 (warm temperate dry)',
+                                         'htap_region_tier1_year2010': '10 (SAF Sub Saharan/sub Sahel '
+                                                                       'Africa)',
                                          'dominant_landcover_year2012': '10 (Cropland, rainfed)',
-                                         'ecoregion_description_25km_year2017': '',
                                          'landcover_description_25km_year2012': '',
-                                         'htap_region_tier1_year2010': '10 (SAF Sub Saharan/sub Sahel Africa)',
-                                         'max_stable_nightlights_25km_year1992': -999.0,
-                                         'max_stable_nightlights_25km_year2013': -999.0,
-                                         'max_population_density_25km_year1990': -1.0,
-                                         'max_population_density_25km_year2015': -1.0,
-                                         'max_topography_srtm_relative_alt_5km_year1994': -999.0,
+                                         'dominant_ecoregion_year2017': '-1 (undefined)',
+                                         'ecoregion_description_25km_year2017': '',
+                                         'distance_to_major_road_year2020': -999.0,
                                          'mean_stable_nightlights_1km_year2013': -999.0,
                                          'mean_stable_nightlights_5km_year2013': -999.0,
-                                         'mean_nox_emissions_10km_year2000': -999.0,
-                                         'mean_nox_emissions_10km_year2015': -999.0,
-                                         'mean_population_density_250m_year1990': -1.0,
+                                         'max_stable_nightlights_25km_year2013': -999.0,
+                                         'max_stable_nightlights_25km_year1992': -999.0,
                                          'mean_population_density_250m_year2015': -1.0,
-                                         'mean_population_density_5km_year1990': -1.0,
                                          'mean_population_density_5km_year2015': -1.0,
-                                         'mean_topography_srtm_alt_1km_year1994': -999.0,
-                                         'mean_topography_srtm_alt_90m_year1994': -999.0,
-                                         'min_topography_srtm_relative_alt_5km_year1994': -999.0,
-                                         'stddev_topography_srtm_relative_alt_5km_year1994': -999.0,
+                                         'max_population_density_25km_year2015': -1.0,
+                                         'mean_population_density_250m_year1990': -1.0,
+                                         'mean_population_density_5km_year1990': -1.0,
+                                         'max_population_density_25km_year1990': -1.0,
+                                         'mean_nox_emissions_10km_year2015': -999.0,
+                                         'mean_nox_emissions_10km_year2000': -999.0,
                                          'toar1_category': 'unclassified'},
                           'changelog': [{'datetime': '2023-08-15T21:16:20.596545+00:00',
                                          'description': 'station created',
@@ -359,8 +382,7 @@ class TestApps:
                                          'new_value': '',
                                          'station_id': 3,
                                          'author_id': 1,
-                                         'type_of_change': 'created'
-                                        }]}]
+                                         'type_of_change': 'created'}]}]
         assert response.json() == expected_resp
 
 
@@ -424,7 +446,7 @@ class TestApps:
                                         'min_topography_srtm_relative_alt_5km_year1994': -999.0,
                                         'stddev_topography_srtm_relative_alt_5km_year1994': -999.0,
                                         'climatic_zone_year2016': '6 (warm temperate dry)',
-                                        'htap_region_tier1_year2010': '10 (SAF Sub Saharan/sub Sahel Africa)',
+                                        'htap_region_tier1_year2010': '11 (MDE Middle East: S. Arabia, Oman, etc, Iran, Iraq)',
                                         'dominant_landcover_year2012': '10 (Cropland, rainfed)',
                                         'landcover_description_25km_year2012': '11 (Cropland, rainfed, herbaceous cover): 30.7 %, 12 (Cropland, rainfed, tree or shrub cover): 25.0 %, 210 (Water bodies): 16.9 %, 130 (Grassland): 8.6 %, 190 (Urban areas): 5.8 %, 100 (Mosaic tree and shrub (>50%) / herbaceous cover (<50%)): 3.5 %, 40 (Mosaic natural vegetation (tree, shrub, herbaceous cover) (>50%) / cropland (<50%)): 2.6 %, 10 (Cropland, rainfed): 2.0 %, 30 (Mosaic cropland (>50%) / natural vegetation (tree, shrub, herbaceous cover) (<50%)): 1.9 %',
                                         'dominant_ecoregion_year2017': '-1 (undefined)',
@@ -474,7 +496,7 @@ class TestApps:
                                          'min_topography_srtm_relative_alt_5km_year1994': -999.0,
                                          'stddev_topography_srtm_relative_alt_5km_year1994': -999.0,
                                          'climatic_zone_year2016': '6 (warm temperate dry)',
-                                         'htap_region_tier1_year2010': '10 (SAF Sub Saharan/sub Sahel Africa)',
+                                         'htap_region_tier1_year2010': '11 (MDE Middle East: S. Arabia, Oman, etc, Iran, Iraq)',
                                          'dominant_landcover_year2012': '10 (Cropland, rainfed)',
                                          'landcover_description_25km_year2012': '11 (Cropland, rainfed, herbaceous cover): 30.7 %, 12 (Cropland, rainfed, tree or shrub cover): 25.0 %, 210 (Water bodies): 16.9 %, 130 (Grassland): 8.6 %, 190 (Urban areas): 5.8 %, 100 (Mosaic tree and shrub (>50%) / herbaceous cover (<50%)): 3.5 %, 40 (Mosaic natural vegetation (tree, shrub, herbaceous cover) (>50%) / cropland (<50%)): 2.6 %, 10 (Cropland, rainfed): 2.0 %, 30 (Mosaic cropland (>50%) / natural vegetation (tree, shrub, herbaceous cover) (<50%)): 1.9 %',
                                          'dominant_ecoregion_year2017': '-1 (undefined)',
@@ -502,7 +524,7 @@ class TestApps:
                                          'min_topography_srtm_relative_alt_5km_year1994': -999.0,
                                          'stddev_topography_srtm_relative_alt_5km_year1994': -999.0,
                                          'climatic_zone_year2016': '6 (warm temperate dry)',
-                                         'htap_region_tier1_year2010': '10 (SAF Sub Saharan/sub Sahel Africa)',
+                                         'htap_region_tier1_year2010': '11 (MDE Middle East: S. Arabia, Oman, etc, Iran, Iraq)',
                                          'dominant_landcover_year2012': '10 (Cropland, rainfed)',
                                          'landcover_description_25km_year2012': '',
                                          'dominant_ecoregion_year2017': '-1 (undefined)',
@@ -633,7 +655,7 @@ class TestApps:
                                                                          +'vegetation (tree, '
                                                                          +'shrub, herbaceous '
                                                                          +'cover) (<50%)): 1.9 %',
-                                        'htap_region_tier1_year2010': '10 (SAF Sub Saharan/sub Sahel Africa)',
+                                        'htap_region_tier1_year2010': '11 (MDE Middle East: S. Arabia, Oman, etc, Iran, Iraq)',
                                         'max_stable_nightlights_25km_year1992': -999.0,
                                         'max_stable_nightlights_25km_year2013': -999.0,
                                         'max_population_density_25km_year1990': -1.0,
@@ -862,7 +884,7 @@ class TestApps:
         assert response_json['name'] == 'Shangdianzi'
         assert response_json['changelog'][1]['old_value'] == (
                     "{'climatic_zone_year2016': 'WarmTemperateDry', "
-                    "'htap_region_tier1_year2010': 'HTAPTier1SAF', "
+                    "'htap_region_tier1_year2010': 'HTAPTier1MDE', "
                     "'dominant_landcover_year2012': 'CroplandRainfed', "
                     "'landcover_description_25km_year2012': '', "
                     "'dominant_ecoregion_year2017': 'Undefined', "
diff --git a/tests/test_timeseries.py b/tests/test_timeseries.py
index 21f737799cbc1c4a8120f4e0bb78f280b3d1e3ea..10745b79981e4d61ff5de1773e943d1a38acd44c 100644
--- a/tests/test_timeseries.py
+++ b/tests/test_timeseries.py
@@ -187,140 +187,203 @@ class TestApps:
         response = client.get("/timeseries/")
         expected_status_code = 200
         assert response.status_code == expected_status_code
-        expected_resp = [{'id': 1, 'label': 'CMA', 'order': 1,
-                          'sampling_frequency': 'hourly', 'aggregation': 'mean', 'data_origin_type': 'measurement',
-                          'data_start_date': '2003-09-07T15:30:00+00:00', 'data_end_date': '2016-12-31T14:30:00+00:00', 'coverage': -1.0,
-                          'data_origin': 'instrument', 'sampling_height': 7.0,
-                          'provider_version': 'N/A', 'additional_metadata': {},
+        expected_resp = [{'id': 1,
+                          'label': 'CMA',
+                          'order': 1,
+                          'sampling_frequency': 'hourly',
+                          'aggregation': 'mean',
+                          'data_start_date': '2003-09-07T15:30:00+00:00',
+                          'data_end_date': '2016-12-31T14:30:00+00:00',
+                          'data_origin': 'instrument',
+                          'data_origin_type': 'measurement',
+                          'provider_version': 'N/A',
+                          'sampling_height': 7.0,
+                          'additional_metadata': {},
                           'doi': '',
-                          'roles': [{'id': 2, 'role': 'resource provider', 'status': 'active',
-                                     'contact': {'id': 4, 'organisation': {'id': 1, 'name': 'UBA', 'longname': 'Umweltbundesamt',
-                                                                           'kind': 'government', 'city': 'Dessau-Roßlau', 'postcode': '06844', 'street_address': 'Wörlitzer Platz 1',
-                                                                           'country': 'Germany', 'homepage': 'https://www.umweltbundesamt.de', 'contact_url': 'mailto:immission@uba.de'}}}],
-                          'variable': {'name': 'toluene', 'longname': 'toluene', 'displayname': 'Toluene',
-                                       'cf_standardname': 'mole_fraction_of_toluene_in_air', 'units': 'nmol mol-1',
-                                       'chemical_formula': 'C7H8', 'id': 7},
-                          'station': {'id': 2, 'codes': ['SDZ54421'], 'name': 'Shangdianzi',
+                          'coverage': -1.0,
+                          'station': {'id': 2,
+                                      'codes': ['SDZ54421'],
+                                      'name': 'Shangdianzi',
                                       'coordinates': {'lat': 40.65, 'lng': 117.106, 'alt': 293.9},
                                       'coordinate_validation_status': 'not checked',
-                                      'country': 'China', 'state': 'Beijing Shi',
-                                      'type': 'unknown', 'type_of_area': 'unknown',
+                                      'country': 'China',
+                                      'state': 'Beijing Shi',
+                                      'type': 'unknown',
+                                      'type_of_area': 'unknown',
                                       'timezone': 'Asia/Shanghai',
-                                      'additional_metadata': {'dummy_info': 'Here is some more information about the station'},
-                                      'roles': [], 'annotations': [],
-                                      'aux_images': [], 'aux_docs': [], 'aux_urls': [],
-                                      'globalmeta': {'climatic_zone_year2016': '6 (warm temperate dry)',
-                                                     'distance_to_major_road_year2020': -999.0,
+                                      'additional_metadata': {'dummy_info': 'Here is some more '
+                                                                            'information about the '
+                                                                            'station'},
+                                      'roles': [],
+                                      'annotations': [],
+                                      'aux_images': [],
+                                      'aux_docs': [],
+                                      'aux_urls': [],
+                                      'globalmeta': {'mean_topography_srtm_alt_90m_year1994': -999.0,
+                                                     'mean_topography_srtm_alt_1km_year1994': -999.0,
+                                                     'max_topography_srtm_relative_alt_5km_year1994': -999.0,
+                                                     'min_topography_srtm_relative_alt_5km_year1994': -999.0,
+                                                     'stddev_topography_srtm_relative_alt_5km_year1994': -999.0,
+                                                     'climatic_zone_year2016': '6 (warm temperate dry)',
+                                                     'htap_region_tier1_year2010': '11 (MDE Middle '
+                                                                                   'East: S. Arabia, '
+                                                                                   'Oman, etc, Iran, '
+                                                                                   'Iraq)',
+                                                     'dominant_landcover_year2012': '10 (Cropland, '
+                                                                                    'rainfed)',
+                                                     'landcover_description_25km_year2012': '',
                                                      'dominant_ecoregion_year2017': '-1 (undefined)',
-                                                     'dominant_landcover_year2012': '10 (Cropland, rainfed)',
                                                      'ecoregion_description_25km_year2017': '',
-                                                     'htap_region_tier1_year2010': '10 (SAF Sub Saharan/sub Sahel Africa)',
-                                                     'landcover_description_25km_year2012': '',
-                                                     'max_stable_nightlights_25km_year1992': -999.0,
-                                                     'max_stable_nightlights_25km_year2013': -999.0,
-                                                     'max_population_density_25km_year1990': -1.0,
-                                                     'max_population_density_25km_year2015': -1.0,
-                                                     'max_topography_srtm_relative_alt_5km_year1994': -999.0,
+                                                     'distance_to_major_road_year2020': -999.0,
                                                      'mean_stable_nightlights_1km_year2013': -999.0,
                                                      'mean_stable_nightlights_5km_year2013': -999.0,
-                                                     'mean_nox_emissions_10km_year2000': -999.0,
-                                                     'mean_nox_emissions_10km_year2015': -999.0,
-                                                     'mean_population_density_250m_year1990': -1.0,
+                                                     'max_stable_nightlights_25km_year2013': -999.0,
+                                                     'max_stable_nightlights_25km_year1992': -999.0,
                                                      'mean_population_density_250m_year2015': -1.0,
-                                                     'mean_population_density_5km_year1990': -1.0,
                                                      'mean_population_density_5km_year2015': -1.0,
-                                                     'mean_topography_srtm_alt_1km_year1994': -999.0,
-                                                     'mean_topography_srtm_alt_90m_year1994': -999.0,
-                                                     'min_topography_srtm_relative_alt_5km_year1994': -999.0,
-                                                     'stddev_topography_srtm_relative_alt_5km_year1994': -999.0,
+                                                     'max_population_density_25km_year2015': -1.0,
+                                                     'mean_population_density_250m_year1990': -1.0,
+                                                     'mean_population_density_5km_year1990': -1.0,
+                                                     'max_population_density_25km_year1990': -1.0,
+                                                     'mean_nox_emissions_10km_year2015': -999.0,
+                                                     'mean_nox_emissions_10km_year2000': -999.0,
                                                      'toar1_category': 'unclassified'},
                                       'changelog': []},
-                          'programme': {'id': 0, 'name': '', 'longname': '', 'homepage': '', 'description': ''}},
+                          'variable': {'name': 'toluene',
+                                       'longname': 'toluene',
+                                       'displayname': 'Toluene',
+                                       'cf_standardname': 'mole_fraction_of_toluene_in_air',
+                                       'units': 'nmol mol-1',
+                                       'chemical_formula': 'C7H8',
+                                       'id': 7},
+                          'programme': {'id': 0,
+                                        'name': '',
+                                        'longname': '',
+                                        'homepage': '',
+                                        'description': ''},
+                          'roles': [{'id': 2,
+                                     'role': 'resource provider',
+                                     'status': 'active',
+                                     'contact': {'id': 4,
+                                                 'organisation': {'id': 1,
+                                                                  'name': 'UBA',
+                                                                  'longname': 'Umweltbundesamt',
+                                                                  'kind': 'government',
+                                                                  'city': 'Dessau-Roßlau',
+                                                                  'postcode': '06844',
+                                                                  'street_address': 'Wörlitzer Platz 1',
+                                                                  'country': 'Germany',
+                                                                  'homepage': 'https://www.umweltbundesamt.de',
+                                                                  'contact_url': 'mailto:immission@uba.de'}}}]},
                          {'id': 2,
                           'label': 'CMA',
                           'order': 1,
-                          'additional_metadata': {'absorption_cross_section': 'Hearn 1961',
-                                                  'measurement_method': 'uv_abs',
-                                                  'original_units': {'since_19740101000000': 'nmol/mol'},
-                                                  'ebas_metadata_19740101000000_29y': {'Submitter': 'Unknown, Lady, lady.unknown@unknown.com, some long division name, SHORT, , 111 Streetname, , zipcode, Boulder, CO, USA',
-                                                          'Data level': '2',
-                                                          'Frameworks': 'GAW-WDCRG NOAA-ESRL',
-                                                          'Station code': 'XXX',
-                                                          'Station name': 'Secret' } },
+                          'sampling_frequency': 'hourly',
                           'aggregation': 'mean',
+                          'data_start_date': '2003-09-07T15:30:00+00:00',
                           'data_end_date': '2016-12-31T14:30:00+00:00',
                           'data_origin': 'instrument',
                           'data_origin_type': 'measurement',
-                          'data_start_date': '2003-09-07T15:30:00+00:00',
-                          'coverage': -1.0,
-                          'programme': {'description': '',
-                                        'homepage': '',
-                                        'id': 0,
-                                        'longname': '',
-                                        'name': ''},
                           'provider_version': 'N/A',
-                          'doi': '',
-                          'roles': [{'id': 1, 'role': 'resource provider', 'status': 'active',
-                                     'contact': {'id': 5, 'organisation': {'id': 2, 'name': 'FZJ', 'longname': 'Forschungszentrum Jülich',
-                                                                           'kind': 'research', 'city': 'Jülich', 'postcode': '52425', 'street_address': 'Wilhelm-Johnen-Straße',
-                                                                           'country': 'Germany', 'homepage': 'https://www.fz-juelich.de', 'contact_url': 'mailto:toar-data@fz-juelich.de'}}}],
-                          'sampling_frequency': 'hourly',
                           'sampling_height': 7.0,
-                          'station': {'additional_metadata': {},
-                                      'annotations': [],
-                                      'aux_docs': [],
-                                      'aux_images': [],
-                                      'aux_urls': [],
-                                      'changelog': [],
+                          'additional_metadata': {'original_units': {'since_19740101000000': 'nmol/mol'},
+                                                  'measurement_method': 'uv_abs',
+                                                  'absorption_cross_section': 'Hearn 1961',
+                                                  'ebas_metadata_19740101000000_29y': {'Submitter': 'Unknown, '
+                                                                                                    'Lady, '
+                                                                                                    'lady.unknown@unknown.com, '
+                                                                                                    'some '
+                                                                                                    'long '
+                                                                                                    'division '
+                                                                                                    'name, '
+                                                                                                    'SHORT, '
+                                                                                                    ', '
+                                                                                                    '111 '
+                                                                                                    'Streetname, '
+                                                                                                    ', '
+                                                                                                    'zipcode, '
+                                                                                                    'Boulder, '
+                                                                                                    'CO, '
+                                                                                                    'USA',
+                                                                                       'Data level': '2',
+                                                                                       'Frameworks': 'GAW-WDCRG '
+                                                                                                     'NOAA-ESRL',
+                                                                                       'Station code': 'XXX',
+                                                                                       'Station name': 'Secret'}},
+                          'doi': '',
+                          'coverage': -1.0,
+                          'station': {'id': 3,
                                       'codes': ['China_test8'],
+                                      'name': 'Test_China',
+                                      'coordinates': {'lat': 36.256, 'lng': 117.106, 'alt': 1534.0},
                                       'coordinate_validation_status': 'not checked',
-                                      'coordinates': {'alt': 1534.0,
-                                                      'lat': 36.256,
-                                                      'lng': 117.106},
                                       'country': 'China',
-                                      'globalmeta': {'climatic_zone_year2016': '6 (warm temperate dry)',
-                                                     'distance_to_major_road_year2020': -999.0,
-                                                     'dominant_ecoregion_year2017': '-1 (undefined)',
-                                                     'dominant_landcover_year2012': '10 (Cropland, '
-                                                                                    'rainfed)',
-                                                     'ecoregion_description_25km_year2017': '',
+                                      'state': 'Shandong Sheng',
+                                      'type': 'unknown',
+                                      'type_of_area': 'unknown',
+                                      'timezone': 'Asia/Shanghai',
+                                      'additional_metadata': {},
+                                      'roles': [],
+                                      'annotations': [],
+                                      'aux_images': [],
+                                      'aux_docs': [],
+                                      'aux_urls': [],
+                                      'globalmeta': {'mean_topography_srtm_alt_90m_year1994': -999.0,
+                                                     'mean_topography_srtm_alt_1km_year1994': -999.0,
+                                                     'max_topography_srtm_relative_alt_5km_year1994': -999.0,
+                                                     'min_topography_srtm_relative_alt_5km_year1994': -999.0,
+                                                     'stddev_topography_srtm_relative_alt_5km_year1994': -999.0,
+                                                     'climatic_zone_year2016': '6 (warm temperate dry)',
                                                      'htap_region_tier1_year2010': '10 (SAF Sub '
                                                                                    'Saharan/sub Sahel '
                                                                                    'Africa)',
+                                                     'dominant_landcover_year2012': '10 (Cropland, '
+                                                                                    'rainfed)',
                                                      'landcover_description_25km_year2012': '',
-                                                     'max_population_density_25km_year1990': -1.0,
-                                                     'max_population_density_25km_year2015': -1.0,
-                                                     'max_stable_nightlights_25km_year1992': -999.0,
+                                                     'dominant_ecoregion_year2017': '-1 (undefined)',
+                                                     'ecoregion_description_25km_year2017': '',
+                                                     'distance_to_major_road_year2020': -999.0,
+                                                     'mean_stable_nightlights_1km_year2013': -999.0,
+                                                     'mean_stable_nightlights_5km_year2013': -999.0,
                                                      'max_stable_nightlights_25km_year2013': -999.0,
-                                                     'max_topography_srtm_relative_alt_5km_year1994': -999.0,
-                                                     'mean_nox_emissions_10km_year2000': -999.0,
-                                                     'mean_nox_emissions_10km_year2015': -999.0,
-                                                     'mean_population_density_250m_year1990': -1.0,
+                                                     'max_stable_nightlights_25km_year1992': -999.0,
                                                      'mean_population_density_250m_year2015': -1.0,
-                                                     'mean_population_density_5km_year1990': -1.0,
                                                      'mean_population_density_5km_year2015': -1.0,
-                                                     'mean_stable_nightlights_1km_year2013': -999.0,
-                                                     'mean_stable_nightlights_5km_year2013': -999.0,
-                                                     'mean_topography_srtm_alt_1km_year1994': -999.0,
-                                                     'mean_topography_srtm_alt_90m_year1994': -999.0,
-                                                     'min_topography_srtm_relative_alt_5km_year1994': -999.0,
-                                                     'stddev_topography_srtm_relative_alt_5km_year1994': -999.0,
+                                                     'max_population_density_25km_year2015': -1.0,
+                                                     'mean_population_density_250m_year1990': -1.0,
+                                                     'mean_population_density_5km_year1990': -1.0,
+                                                     'max_population_density_25km_year1990': -1.0,
+                                                     'mean_nox_emissions_10km_year2015': -999.0,
+                                                     'mean_nox_emissions_10km_year2000': -999.0,
                                                      'toar1_category': 'unclassified'},
-                                      'id': 3,
-                                      'name': 'Test_China',
-                                      'roles': [],
-                                      'state': 'Shandong Sheng',
-                                      'timezone': 'Asia/Shanghai',
-                                      'type': 'unknown',
-                                      'type_of_area': 'unknown'},
-                          'variable': {'cf_standardname': 'mole_fraction_of_ozone_in_air',
-                                       'chemical_formula': 'O3',
-                                       'displayname': 'Ozone',
-                                       'id': 5,
+                                      'changelog': []},
+                          'variable': {'name': 'o3',
                                        'longname': 'ozone',
-                                       'name': 'o3',
-                                       'units': 'nmol mol-1'},
-                          }] 
+                                       'displayname': 'Ozone',
+                                       'cf_standardname': 'mole_fraction_of_ozone_in_air',
+                                       'units': 'nmol mol-1',
+                                       'chemical_formula': 'O3',
+                                       'id': 5},
+                          'programme': {'id': 0,
+                                        'name': '',
+                                        'longname': '',
+                                        'homepage': '',
+                                        'description': ''},
+                          'roles': [{'id': 1,
+                                     'role': 'resource provider',
+                                     'status': 'active',
+                                     'contact': {'id': 5,
+                                                 'organisation': {'id': 2,
+                                                                  'name': 'FZJ',
+                                                                  'longname': 'Forschungszentrum '
+                                                                              'Jülich',
+                                                                  'kind': 'research',
+                                                                  'city': 'Jülich',
+                                                                  'postcode': '52425',
+                                                                  'street_address': 'Wilhelm-Johnen-Straße',
+                                                                  'country': 'Germany',
+                                                                  'homepage': 'https://www.fz-juelich.de',
+                                                                  'contact_url': 'mailto:toar-data@fz-juelich.de'}}}]}]
         assert response.json() == expected_resp
 
 
@@ -354,7 +417,7 @@ class TestApps:
                                                     'dominant_ecoregion_year2017': '-1 (undefined)',
                                                     'dominant_landcover_year2012': '10 (Cropland, rainfed)',
                                                     'ecoregion_description_25km_year2017': '',
-                                                    'htap_region_tier1_year2010': '10 (SAF Sub Saharan/sub Sahel Africa)',
+                                                    'htap_region_tier1_year2010': '11 (MDE Middle East: S. Arabia, Oman, etc, Iran, Iraq)',
                                                     'landcover_description_25km_year2012': '',
                                                     'max_stable_nightlights_25km_year1992': -999.0,
                                                     'max_stable_nightlights_25km_year2013': -999.0,
@@ -546,7 +609,7 @@ class TestApps:
                                        'dominant_ecoregion_year2017': '-1 (undefined)',
                                        'dominant_landcover_year2012': '10 (Cropland, rainfed)',
                                        'ecoregion_description_25km_year2017': '',
-                                       'htap_region_tier1_year2010': '10 (SAF Sub Saharan/sub Sahel Africa)',
+                                       'htap_region_tier1_year2010': '11 (MDE Middle East: S. Arabia, Oman, etc, Iran, Iraq)',
                                        'landcover_description_25km_year2012': '',
                                        'max_stable_nightlights_25km_year1992': -999.0,
                                        'max_stable_nightlights_25km_year2013': -999.0,
@@ -647,7 +710,7 @@ class TestApps:
                                                          'min_topography_srtm_relative_alt_5km_year1994': -999.0,
                                                          'stddev_topography_srtm_relative_alt_5km_year1994': -999.0,
                                                          'climatic_zone_year2016': '6 (warm temperate dry)',
-                                                         'htap_region_tier1_year2010': '10 (SAF Sub Saharan/sub Sahel Africa)',
+                                                         'htap_region_tier1_year2010': '11 (MDE Middle East: S. Arabia, Oman, etc, Iran, Iraq)',
                                                          'dominant_landcover_year2012': '10 (Cropland, rainfed)',
                                                          'landcover_description_25km_year2012': '',
                                                          'dominant_ecoregion_year2017': '-1 (undefined)',
@@ -979,7 +1042,6 @@ class TestApps:
         assert response_json == expected_resp
         response = client.get(f"/timeseries/id/{response_json['detail']['timeseries_id']}")
         response_json = response.json()
-        print(response_json)
         # just check special changes
         assert response_json['sampling_frequency'] == "daily"
         assert response_json['changelog'][0]['old_value'] == "{'sampling_frequency': 'Hourly'}"
@@ -1006,7 +1068,6 @@ class TestApps:
         assert response_json == expected_resp
         response = client.get(f"/timeseries/id/{response_json['detail']['timeseries_id']}")
         response_json = response.json()
-        print(response_json)
         # just check special changes
         assert response_json['sampling_frequency'] == "daily"
         assert response_json['changelog'][0]['old_value'] == "{'sampling_frequency': 'Hourly', 'aggregation': 'Mean', 'data_origin': 'Instrument', 'data_origin_type': 'Measurement'}"