mnet_download_mts: Download Mesonet Time Series files

In mesonet: Download and Process Oklahoma Mesonet Data

Download Mesonet Time Series files

Description

Downloads Mesonet Time Series (MTS) files from the Oklahoma Mesonet for a given set of station identifiers and date range

Usage

mnet_download_mts(
  stid,
  start_date = NULL,
  end_date = NULL,
  root_url = mnet_root_url(),
  site_info = NULL,
  file_cache = NULL,
  ask = !silent,
  silent = FALSE
)

Arguments

stid	a character vector of four-digit station identifiers for the Mesonet stations from which to download data
start_date	the first date for which to download data specified in Central Standard Time (i.e. "America/Costa_Rica") zone as a Date or POSIXt object or a string with the format YYYY-MM-DD, where YYYY is the four-digit year, MM is the two-digit numeric month and DD is the two-digit day of month
end_date	the final date for which to download data specified in Central Standard Time (i.e. "America/Costa_Rica") zone as a Date or POSIXt object or a string with the format YYYY-MM-DD, where YYYY is the four-digit year, MM is the two-digit numeric month and DD is the two-digit day of month
root_url	the root url from which to download MTS files (see mnet_root_url)
site_info	a data frame with site and soil information for each Oklahoma Mesonet station as returned by mnet_site_info. If NULL, mnet_site_info will be used to download this information internally
file_cache	a character string providing a path to the local Mesonet file cache. If NULL, the function will search for the local file cache and if not found will prompt the user to create one.
ask	whether or not to ask about creating a local Mesonet file cache
silent	whether to suppress output to terminal (TRUE) or allow output to terminal (FALSE)

Value

invisibly returns a character vector of the URLs for the downloaded files

Examples

mnet_download_mts("ACME",
                  start_date = "1994-01-01",
                  end_date = "1994-01-05")

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