latest_orbits: Extraction of the url from the Technical Specification...

In IceSat2R: ICESat-2 Altimeter Data using R

Extraction of the url from the Technical Specification Website

Description

This function allows the user to view the latest 'Nominal' and 'Time Specfic' orbit metadata (Url, Reference Ground Track Names, Dates and Types)

Usage

latest_orbits(
  technical_specs_url = "https://icesat-2.gsfc.nasa.gov/science/specs",
  verbose = FALSE
)

Arguments

technical_specs_url	a character string specifying the technical specs website
verbose	a boolean. If TRUE then information will be printed out in the console

Value

a 'data.table' object

References

https://icesat-2.gsfc.nasa.gov/science/specs

Examples

## Not run: 

require(IceSat2R)

orbs = latest_orbits(verbose = TRUE)
orbs


## End(Not run)

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