hydro_translate: Translate Greek names and terms to English

In hydroscoper: Interface to the Greek National Data Bank for Hydrometeorological Information

Description

hydro_translate translates various Hydroscope's names and terms to English.

Usage

hydro_translate(x, value = c("owner", "variable", "timestep", "division"))

Arguments

x	a string vector
value	One of the predefined values in c("owner", "variable", "timestep", "division")

Value

If value is one of:

• owner, organizations' names.

• variable, hydrometeorological term.

• timestep, timestep term.

• division, Water Division.

returns a character vector with translations of various hydrometeorological terms or organizations' names from Greek (with latin characters) to English.

The organizations' names in owner are:

Code	Name
min_envir_energy	Ministry of Environment and Energy
min_agricult	Ministry of Rural Development and Food
natio_meteo_service	National Meteorological Service
natio_observ_athens	National Observatory of Athens
public_power_corp	Public Power Corporation
natio_argic_resear	National Agricultural Research Foundation
greek_perfectures	Greek Prefectures
crete_eng_faculty	Technical University of Crete
crete_natural_museum	Natural History Museum of Crete

The Greek Water Divisions codes in division are:

Code	Name
GR01	Dytike Peloponnesos
GR02	Boreia Peloponnesos
GR03	Anatolike Peloponnesos
GR04	Dytike Sterea Ellada
GR05	Epeiros
GR06	Attike
GR07	Anatolike Sterea Ellada
GR08	Thessalia
GR09	Dytike Makedonia
GR10	Kentrike Makedonia
GR11	Anatolike Makedonia
GR12	Thrake
GR13	Krete
GR14	Nesoi Aigaiou

Note

The dictionary used for the Greek to English translation is:

Transliterated term	English term
agnosto	unknown
anemos	wind
dieuthynse	direction
parelthon	past
tachyteta	speed
mese	average
brochoptose	precipitation
diarkeia	duration
exatmise	evaporation
exatmisodiapnoe	evapotranspiration
thermokrasia	temperature
edaphous	ground
bathos	depth
elachiste	min
megiste	max
piese	pressure
semeiake	point
chioni	snow
ypsometro	elevation
stathme	level
plemmyra	flood
paroche	flow
broche	precipitation
katastase	condition
ektimemene	estimation
athroistiko	cumulative
stereo	sediment
ygrasia	humidity
ygro	wet
apolyte	absolute
schetike	relative
asbestio	calcium
wetu	precipitation
chionobrochometro	snow_rain_gauge
xero	dry
ydrometrese	flow_gauge
thalasses	sea
semeio_drosou	dew_point
oratoteta	visibility
steria	land
thalassa	sea
barometro	barometer
tase_ydratmon	vapour_pressure
psychrometro	psychrometer
isodynamo_ypsos	water_equivalent
agogimoteta	conductance
aktinobolia	radiation
anthraka	carbon
dioxeidio	dioxide
ypoloipo	residual
argilio	aluminum
argilos	clay
arseniko	arsenic
pyritiou	silicon
aera	air
nephokalypse	cloud_cover
nephose	clouds
axiosemeiota	remarkably
nephe	clouds
kairos	weather
diafora	difference
atmosfairiki	atmospheric
stathera	constant
parousa	present
parelthousa	past
kalymeno	cover
el.	min
meg.	max
skleroteta	hardness
eliophaneia	sunshine
eisroe_se_tamieuteres	inflow_reservoir

Examples

## Not run: 

# get data from the Ministry of Environment and Energy
kyy_owners <- get_owners("kyy")
kyy_vars <- get_variables("kyy")
owners_names <- hydro_translate(kyy_owners$name, "owner")
vars <- hydro_translate(kyy_vars$descr, "variable")

## End(Not run)

hydroscoper documentation built on May 14, 2021, 5:08 p.m.