get_weather_radars: Get weather radar metadata

In getRad: Download Radar Data for Biological Research

Get weather radar metadata

Description

Gets weather radar metadata from OPERA and/or NEXRAD.

Usage

get_weather_radars(source = c("opera", "nexrad"), use_cache = TRUE, ...)

Arguments

source	Source of the metadata. "opera", "nexrad" or "all". If not provided, "opera" is used.
use_cache	Logical indicating whether to use the cache. Default is TRUE. If FALSE the cache is ignored and the file is fetched anew. This can also be useful if you want to force a refresh of the cache.
...	Additional arguments passed on to reading functions per source, currently not used.

Details

The source files for this function are:

• For opera: OPERA_RADARS_DB.json (main/current) and OPERA_RADARS_ARH_DB.json (archive). A column origin is added to indicate which file the metadata were derived from.

• For nexrad: nexrad-stations.txt.

Value

A sf or tibble with weather radar metadata. In all cases the column source is added to indicate the source of the data and radar to show the radar identifiers used in other functions like get_pvol() and get_vpts().

Examples

# Get radar metadata from OPERA
get_weather_radars(source = "opera")

# Get radar metadata from NEXRAD
get_weather_radars(source = "nexrad")

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