downloadMaster: Download the master list of stations
In CHCN: Canadian Historical Climate Network

Description Usage Arguments Details Value Author(s) References

This function simply downloads the master list and gives it a name that other functions rely on

1	downloadMaster(url = STATION.URL, localFile = MASTER.STATION.LIST)

`url`	the url for the csv file that contains all the stations
`localFile`	A local filename to write this data to

The function downloads the output of a scraper written by DrJ of clearclimatecode. That scraper is found here: http://scraperwiki.com/scrapers/can-weather-stations/ It scrapes the main page at Enviroment Canada and deposits a csv file containing all the information needed to data scrape

The function downloads a csv file and writes a local version

Steven Mosher

http://scraperwiki.com/scrapers/can-weather-stations/

CHCN documentation built on May 2, 2019, 8:53 a.m.