get_available_radar: Get a listing of available BOM radar imagery

Description Usage Arguments Details Value Author(s) References Examples

View source: R/get_radar_imagery.R

Description

Fetch a listing of available BOM radar imagery from ftp://ftp.bom.gov.au/anon/gen/radar/ to determine which files are currently available for download. The files available are the most recent radar imagery for each location, which are updated approximately every 6 to 10 minutes by the BOM.

Usage

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get_available_radar(radar_id = "all")

Arguments

radar_id

Numeric. BOM radar ID of interest for which a list of available images will be returned. Defaults to all images currently available.

Details

Valid BOM radar ID for each location required.

Value

A data frame of all selected radar locations with location information and product_ids.

Author(s)

Dean Marchiori, deanmarchiori@gmail.com

References

Australian Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) radar image http://www.bom.gov.au/australia/radar/

Examples

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# Check availability radar imagery for Wollongong (radar_id = 3)
imagery <- get_available_radar(radar_id = 3)

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