amf_list_metadata: Get metadata availability

In amerifluxr: Interface to 'AmeriFlux' Data Services

Description

This function obtains the metadata (i.e., BADM) availability for all or selected AmeriFlux sites. See AmeriFlux page https://ameriflux.lbl.gov/data/badm/ for details about the BADM.

Usage

amf_list_metadata(site_set = NULL, group_only = TRUE)

Arguments

site_set	A scalar or vector of character specifying the target AmeriFlux Site ID (CC-Sss). If not specified, it returns all sites.
group_only	Logical (TRUE/FALSE). Should it return availability for BADM variable groups or variables? BADM Groups contain Variables that describe related metadata or an observation with related metadata.

Value

A data frame of data variable availability (per year) for selected AmeriFlux sites. The first column contains the SITE ID. The remaining columns contains the number of entries for a variable or a variable group, with column names specifying the BADM variable or group names.

• Site_ID - Six character site identifier (CC-Sss)

• ...

Examples

## Not run: 
# obtain the metadata availability for all sites, at variable group levels
metadata_aval <- amf_list_metadata()

# obtain the metadata availability for selected sites, at variable levels
metadata_aval <- amf_list_metadata(site_set = c("US-CRT","US-WPT"),
group_only = FALSE)

## End(Not run)

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