query_parameters: Query the POWER API for Detailed Information on Available...

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Query the POWER API for Detailed Information on Available Parameters

Description

Queries the POWER API returning detailed information on available parameters.

Usage

query_parameters(community = NULL, par = NULL, temporal_api = NULL)

Arguments

community	An optional character vector providing community name: “ag”, “sb” or “re”.
par	An optional character vector of a single solar, meteorological or climatology parameter to query. If unsure, omit this argument for for a full list of all the parameters available for each temporal API and community.
temporal_api	An optional character vector indicating the temporal API end-point for data being queried, supported values are “hourly”, “daily”, “monthly” or “climatology”.

Details

If par is not provided all possible parameters for the provided community, community and temporal API, temporal_api will be returned. If only a single parameter is supplied with no community or temporal_api then the complete attribute information for that parameter will be returned for all possible communities and temporal APIs combinations. If all three values are provided, only the information for that specific combination of parameter, temporal API and community will be returned.

Value

A list object of information for the requested parameter(s) (if requested), community and temporal API.

Argument details for temporal_api

There are four valid values.

hourly

The hourly average of pars by hour, day, month and year.

daily

The daily average of pars by day, month and year.

monthly

The monthly average of pars by month and year.

climatology

Provide parameters as 22-year climatologies (solar) and 30-year climatologies (meteorology); the period climatology and monthly average, maximum, and/or minimum values.

Author(s)

Adam H. Sparks, [e-mail]

Examples

# fetch the complete set of attribute information for "T2M".
query_parameters(par = "T2M")

# fetch complete temporal and community specific attribute information
# for "T2M" in the "ag" community for the "hourly" temporal API.
query_parameters(par = "T2M",
                 community = "ag",
                 temporal_api = "hourly")

# fetch complete temporal and community specific attribute information
# for all parameters in the "ag" community for the "hourly" temporal API.
query_parameters(community = "ag",
                 temporal_api = "hourly")

nasapower documentation built on Aug. 19, 2023, 5:12 p.m.