meteo_sounding: Sounding data

In imgw: Polish Meteorological and Hydrological Data

Description

Downloading the mea (i.e., measurements of the vertical profile of atmosphere) sounding data

Usage

meteo_sounding(wmo_id, yy, mm, dd, hh)

Arguments

wmo_id	international WMO station code (World Meteorological Organization ID); For Polish stations: Łeba - 12120, Legionowo - 12374, Wrocław- 12425
yy	year - single number
mm	month - single number denoting month
dd	day - single number denoting day
hh	hour - single number denoting initial hour of sounding; for most stations this measurement is done twice a day (i.e. at 12 and 00 UTC), sporadically 4 times a day

Value

Returns two lists with values described at: weather.uwyo.edu ; The first list contains:

1. PRES - Pressure (hPa)

2. HGHT - Height (metres)

3. TEMP - Temperature (C)

4. DWPT - Dew point (C)

5. RELH - Relative humidity (%)

6. MIXR - Mixing ratio (g/kg)

7. DRCT - Wind direction (deg)

8. SKNT - Wind speed (knots)

9. THTA = (K)

10. THTE = (K)

11. THTV = (K)

The second list contains metadata and calculated thermodynamic / atmospheric instability indices

Source

http://weather.uwyo.edu/upperair/sounding.html

Examples

  sounding <- meteo_sounding(wmo_id = 12120, yy = 2019, mm = 4, dd = 4, hh = 0)
  head(sounding)
  plot(sounding[[1]]$HGHT, sounding[[1]]$PRES, type = 'l')

imgw documentation built on March 26, 2020, 7:37 p.m.