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In mesonet: Download and Process Oklahoma Mesonet Data

Download Mesonet site and soil information for all Mesonet sites

Description

Downloads a table of Mesonet site and soil information from the Oklahoma Mesonet website.

Usage

mnet_site_info(
  url = "https://api.mesonet.org/index.php/export/station_location_soil_information",
  file_cache = NULL,
  clear_cache = FALSE
)

Arguments

url	the url to the page on the Oklahoma Mesonet website where site and soil information are stored
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.
clear_cache	whether to clear cached copy of site and soil information and re-download

Details

Variable descriptions for Mesonet site and soil information.

Variable	Description
stnm	Station Number
stid	Station Identifier
name	Station Name
city	Nearest Incorporated Town
rang	Range From Town To Station
cdir	Compass Direction From Town To Station
cnty	County
nlat	North Latitude
elon	East Longitude
elev	Elevation In Meters
cdiv	Oklahoma Climate Division
clas	Station Class
wcr05	5 cm Residual Water Content (cm3/cm3)
wcs05	5 cm Saturated Water Content (cm3/cm3)
a05	5 cm Alpha Constant (1/kPa)
n05	5 cm N Constant (dimensionless)
bulk5	5 cm Soil Bulk Density (g/cm3)
grav5	5 cm Soil Percentage Gravel
sand5	5 cm Soil Percentage Sand
silt5	5 cm Soil Percentage Silt
clay5	5 cm Soil Percentage Clay
text5	5 cm Soil Texture Class
wcr25	25 cm Residual Water Content (cm3/cm3)
wcs25	25 cm Saturated Water Content (cm3/cm3)
a25	25 cm Alpha Constant
n25	25 cm N Constant
bulk25	25 cm Soil Bulk Density
grav25	25 cm Soil Percentage Gravel
sand25	25 cm Soil Percentage Sand
silt25	25 cm Soil Percentage Silt
clay25	25 cm Soil Percentage Clay
text25	25 cm Soil Texture Class
wcr60	60 cm Residual Water Content (cm3/cm3)
wcs60	60 cm Saturated Water Content (cm3/cm3)
a60	60 cm Alpha Constant
n60	60 cm N Constant
bulk60	60 cm Soil Bulk Density
grab60	60 cm Soil Percentage Gravel
sand60	60 cm Soil Percentage Sand
silt60	60 cm Soil Percentage Silt
clay60	60 cm Soil Percentage Clay
text60	60 cm Soil Texture Class
wcr75	75 cm Residual Water Content (cm3/cm3)
wcs75	75 cm Saturated Water Content (cm3/cm3)
a75	75 cm Alpha Constant
n75	75 cm N Constant
bulk75	75 cm Soil Bulk Density
grav75	75 cm Soil Percentage Gravel
sand75	75 cm Soil Percentage Sand
silt75	75 cm Soil Percentage Silt
clay75	75 cm Soil Percentage Clay
text75	75 cm Soil Texture Class
datc	Date Commissioned
datd	Date De-Commissioned

Value

a data frame containing site and soil information. See Details for definition of variable descriptions.

Examples

mnet_site_info()

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