I am trying to some up with an approach that uses "date_truc" to aggregate 15 
minute time series data to hourly bins. My current query which utilizes a view, 
does performs a join after which I use a series a WHERE statements to specify 
which of the 15 minute records I want to look at. 

I think what I need to do is to add a date_truc function to this query which 
would aggregate the 15 minute records to hourly means by plot. In other words 
each of the bolded records listed below (the four records from plot e2 with a 
timestamp from hour 15 would get averaged to a single record. 

I can see in the docs that date_trunc uses a select statement to grab the 
specified time unit. 

SELECT date_trunc('hour', TIMESTAMP '2001-02-16 20:38:40');
Result: 2001-02-16 20:00:00
However, I am unclear as to how I need to implement this in my query in such a 
way that the aggregation averages "value" by "plot". Any suggestions would be 
appreciated. 


SELECT
        data_key.site,
        data_key.canopy,
        data_key.interval,
        data_key.treatment_code,
        data_key.treatment_abbr,
        data_key.plot, 
        fifteen_min_stacked_proper.*
FROM
        data_key,
        fifteen_min_stacked_proper
WHERE
        data_key.variable_channel = fifteen_min_stacked_proper.variable AND 
data_key.block_name = fifteen_min_stacked_proper.block_name
AND 2012 = EXTRACT(YEAR FROM time2)
--AND fifteen_min_stacked_proper.block ~ 'b4warm_[ace]'
AND fifteen_min_stacked_proper.value IS NOT NULL
AND fifteen_min_stacked_proper.variable ~ 'scld'


Here is a snip of the query output: 

site    canopy  interval        plot    rowid                                   
                time2                   block           variable                
        value
cfc     open    0:00:15 e2      2009-03-19_15:00:00_b4warm_e    3/19/09 15:00   
b4warm_e        scldout_avg1    0
cfc     open    0:00:15 e8      2009-03-19_15:00:00_b4warm_e    3/19/09 15:00   
b4warm_e        scldout_avg2    0
cfc     open    0:00:15 e1      2009-03-19_15:00:00_b4warm_e    3/19/09 15:00   
b4warm_e        scldout_avg3    0
cfc     open    0:00:15 e5      2009-03-19_15:00:00_b4warm_e    3/19/09 15:00   
b4warm_e        scldout_avg4    0
cfc     open    0:00:15 e2      2009-03-19_15:15:00_b4warm_e    3/19/09 15:15   
b4warm_e        scldout_avg1    0
cfc     open    0:00:15 e8      2009-03-19_15:15:00_b4warm_e    3/19/09 15:15   
b4warm_e        scldout_avg2    0
cfc     open    0:00:15 e1      2009-03-19_15:15:00_b4warm_e    3/19/09 15:15   
b4warm_e        scldout_avg3    0
cfc     open    0:00:15 e5      2009-03-19_15:15:00_b4warm_e    3/19/09 15:15   
b4warm_e        scldout_avg4    0
cfc     open    0:00:15 e2      2009-03-19_15:30:00_b4warm_e    3/19/09 15:30   
b4warm_e        scldout_avg1    7999
cfc     open    0:00:15 e8      2009-03-19_15:30:00_b4warm_e    3/19/09 15:30   
b4warm_e        scldout_avg2    7999
cfc     open    0:00:15 e1      2009-03-19_15:30:00_b4warm_e    3/19/09 15:30   
b4warm_e        scldout_avg3    3579
cfc     open    0:00:15 e5      2009-03-19_15:30:00_b4warm_e    3/19/09 15:30   
b4warm_e        scldout_avg4    3579
cfc     open    0:00:15 e2      2009-03-19_15:45:00_b4warm_e    3/19/09 15:45   
b4warm_e        scldout_avg1    7999
cfc     open    0:00:15 e8      2009-03-19_15:45:00_b4warm_e    3/19/09 15:45   
b4warm_e        scldout_avg2    7999
cfc     open    0:00:15 e1      2009-03-19_15:45:00_b4warm_e    3/19/09 15:45   
b4warm_e        scldout_avg3    4000
cfc     open    0:00:15 e5      2009-03-19_15:45:00_b4warm_e    3/19/09 15:45   
b4warm_e        scldout_avg4    4000
cfc     open    0:00:15 e2      2009-03-19_16:00:00_b4warm_e    3/19/09 16:00   
b4warm_e        scldout_avg1    7999
cfc     open    0:00:15 e8      2009-03-19_16:00:00_b4warm_e    3/19/09 16:00   
b4warm_e        scldout_avg2    7999
cfc     open    0:00:15 e1      2009-03-19_16:00:00_b4warm_e    3/19/09 16:00   
b4warm_e        scldout_avg3    4000
cfc     open    0:00:15 e5      2009-03-19_16:00:00_b4warm_e    3/19/09 16:00   
b4warm_e        scldout_avg4    4000
cfc     open    0:00:15 e2      2009-03-19_16:15:00_b4warm_e    3/19/09 16:15   
b4warm_e        scldout_avg1    7999
cfc     open    0:00:15 e8      2009-03-19_16:15:00_b4warm_e    3/19/09 16:15   
b4warm_e        scldout_avg2    7999
cfc     open    0:00:15 e1      2009-03-19_16:15:00_b4warm_e    3/19/09 16:15   
b4warm_e        scldout_avg3    4000
cfc     open    0:00:15 e5      2009-03-19_16:15:00_b4warm_e    3/19/09 16:15   
b4warm_e        scldout_avg4    4000
cfc     open    0:00:15 e2      2009-03-19_16:30:00_b4warm_e    3/19/09 16:30   
b4warm_e        scldout_avg1    7999
cfc     open    0:00:15 e8      2009-03-19_16:30:00_b4warm_e    3/19/09 16:30   
b4warm_e        scldout_avg2    7999
cfc     open    0:00:15 e1      2009-03-19_16:30:00_b4warm_e    3/19/09 16:30   
b4warm_e        scldout_avg3    4000
cfc     open    0:00:15 e5      2009-03-19_16:30:00_b4warm_e    3/19/09 16:30   
b4warm_e        scldout_avg4    4000
cfc     open    0:00:15 e2      2009-03-19_16:45:00_b4warm_e    3/19/09 16:45   
b4warm_e        scldout_avg1    3889
cfc     open    0:00:15 e8      2009-03-19_16:45:00_b4warm_e    3/19/09 16:45   
b4warm_e        scldout_avg2    3882
cfc     open    0:00:15 e1      2009-03-19_16:45:00_b4warm_e    3/19/09 16:45   
b4warm_e        scldout_avg3    4000
cfc     open    0:00:15 e5      2009-03-19_16:45:00_b4warm_e    3/19/09 16:45   
b4warm_e        scldout_avg4    4000
cfc     open    0:00:15 f4      2009-03-19_16:45:00_b4warm_f    3/19/09 16:45   
b4warm_f        scldout_avg1    7999
cfc     open    0:00:15 f6      2009-03-19_16:45:00_b4warm_f    3/19/09 16:45   
b4warm_f        scldout_avg2    7999
cfc     open    0:00:15 f3      2009-03-19_16:45:00_b4warm_f    3/19/09 16:45   
b4warm_f        scldout_avg3    3769
cfc     open    0:00:15 f5      2009-03-19_16:45:00_b4warm_f    3/19/09 16:45   
b4warm_f        scldout_avg4    3769
cfc     closed  0:00:15 a2      2009-03-19_17:00:00_b4warm_a    3/19/09 17:00   
b4warm_a        scldout_avg1    7999

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