is.pvolfile: Check if a file is a polar volume ('pvol')

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Check if a file is a polar volume (pvol)

Description

Checks whether a file is a polar volume (pvol) in the ODIM HDF5 format that can be read with bioRad. Evaluates to FALSE for NEXRAD and IRIS RAW polar volume file (see nexrad_to_odim()).

Usage

is.pvolfile(file)

Arguments

file	Character. Path of the file to check.

Value

TRUE for a polar volume file in readable format, otherwise FALSE.

See Also

• read_pvolfile()

• get_odim_object_type()

• is.pvol()

Examples

# Locate the polar volume example file
pvolfile <- system.file("extdata", "volume.h5", package = "bioRad")

# Check if it is a pvolfile
is.pvolfile(pvolfile)

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