R/data.R

In metScanR: Find, Map, and Gather Environmental Data and Metadata

#' @name metScanR_DB
#' @docType data
#' @title Worldwide, Environmental Monitoring Station metadata
#' @description Metadata from ~107,000 environmental monitoring stations
#' among 219 countries/territories and 18 environmental networks.
#' Metadata are gathered from a growing number of sources and the database is
#' continually updated to reflect the increase of information.\cr
#' @concepts environment
#' @concepts data
#' @concepts environmental data
#' @concepts atmosphere
#' @concepts atmopsheric data
#' @concepts climate
#' @concepts in-situ
#' @concepts weather
#' @concepts meteorology
#' @concepts meteorological
#' @concepts temperature
#' @concepts weather
#' @concepts water
#' @concepts soils
#' @concepts soil
#' @concepts air pollution
#' @concepts wind
#' @concepts precipitation
#' @concepts snow
#' @concepts canopy
#' @concepts groundwater
#' @concepts flux
#' @concepts radiation
#' @concepts cloud
#' @concepts river
#' @concepts phenology
#' @concepts salinity
#' @concepts conductivity
#' @concepts humidity
#' @concepts metadata
#' @usage metScanR_DB
#' @format (list) Metadata from ~107,000 environmental monitoring
#' stations, worldwide.  The metadata for each site include: \cr
#' \cr
#' \emph{namez} (character) Name of environmental monitoring site as defined by governing
#' network\cr
#' \cr
#' \emph{identifiers} (data.frame) Station identifers of environmental monitoring site as
#' defined by associated networks\cr
#' \cr
#' \emph{platform} (character) Station platform (type). A single station may be a specific
#' platform but it might be associated with many networks / identifers.\cr
#' \cr
#' \emph{elements} (data.frame) Elements (environmental phenomena) measured, along with
#' associated start and end dates\cr
#' \cr
#' \emph{location} (data.frame) Spatial location information (latitude, longitude, country,
#' elevation) of environmental monitoring site\cr
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#' @name metScanR_terms
#' @docType data
#' @title Environmental metadata terms used within metScanR_DB
#' @description Environmental metadata terms (e.g., air temperature, wind speed,
#' etc.) and data product identifiers used by the environmental monitoring
#' networks within the metScanR_DB.  Terms are gathered from a
#' growing number of sources and the terms database is continually updated to
#' reflect the increase of information.
#' @concepts environment
#' @concepts data
#' @concepts environmental data
#' @concepts atmosphere
#' @concepts atmopsheric data
#' @concepts climate
#' @concepts in-situ
#' @concepts weather
#' @concepts meteorology
#' @concepts meteorological
#' @concepts temperature
#' @concepts weather
#' @concepts water
#' @concepts soils
#' @concepts soil
#' @concepts air pollution
#' @concepts wind
#' @concepts precipitation
#' @concepts snow
#' @concepts canopy
#' @concepts groundwater
#' @concepts flux
#' @concepts radiation
#' @concepts cloud
#' @concepts river
#' @concepts phenology
#' @concepts salinity
#' @concepts conductivity
#' @concepts humidity
#' @concepts metadata
#' @concepts n-grams
#' @usage metScanR_terms
#' @format (data frame) Environmental terms and data product
#' identifiers from environmental monitoring networks, worldwide
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#' @name dbLog
#' @docType data
#' @title metScanR_DB Update Log
#' @description A simple log file for the version and date of database revisions.
#' More information on specific updates to the database can be found at
#' \url{https://jaroberti.github.io/metScanR/}.
#' @concepts environment
#' @concepts data
#' @concepts environmental data
#' @concepts atmosphere
#' @concepts atmopsheric data
#' @concepts climate
#' @concepts in-situ
#' @concepts weather
#' @concepts meteorology
#' @concepts meteorological
#' @concepts temperature
#' @concepts weather
#' @concepts water
#' @concepts soils
#' @concepts soil
#' @concepts air pollution
#' @concepts wind
#' @concepts precipitation
#' @concepts snow
#' @concepts canopy
#' @concepts groundwater
#' @concepts flux
#' @concepts radiation
#' @concepts cloud
#' @concepts river
#' @concepts phenology
#' @concepts salinity
#' @concepts conductivity
#' @concepts humidity
#' @concepts metadata
#' @concepts n-grams
#' @usage dbLog
#' @format (data frame) Version number and publication dates.
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