get_vpts_aloft: Get VPTS data from the Aloft bucket

In getRad: Download Radar Data for Biological Research

Get VPTS data from the Aloft bucket

Description

Gets VPTS data from the Aloft bucket.

Usage

get_vpts_aloft(
  radar_odim_code,
  rounded_interval,
  source = c("baltrad", "uva", "ecog-04003"),
  coverage = get_vpts_coverage_aloft()
)

Arguments

radar_odim_code	Radar ODIM code.
rounded_interval	Interval to fetch data for, rounded to nearest day.
source	Source of the data. One of baltrad, uva or ecog-04003.
coverage	A data frame containing the coverage of the Aloft bucket. If not provided, it will be fetched from via the internet.

Details

By default, data from the Aloft bucket are retrieved from https://aloftdata.s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com. This can be changed by setting options(getRad.aloft_data_url) to any desired url.

Value

A tibble with VPTS data.

Inner working

• Constructs the S3 paths for the VPTS files based on the input.

• Performs parallel HTTP requests to fetch the VPTS CSV data.

• Parses the response bodies with some assumptions about the column classes.

• Adds a column with the radar source.

• Overwrites the radar column with the radar_odim_code, all other values for this column are considered in error.

getRad documentation built on Aug. 8, 2025, 7:20 p.m.