ch_get_wscstation: Reads station information from a data file produced by ECDE

In CSHS-hydRology/CSHShydRology: Canadian Hydrological Analyses

Reads station information from a data file produced by ECDE

Description

Retrieves station information for an individual Water Survey of Canada site, based on stationID; adds a text string at position 21 that combines key elements for a title.

Usage

ch_get_wscstation(stnID, metadata = NULL)

Arguments

stnID	A Water Survey of Canada station number
metadata	a data frame of station information from ECDataExplorer. The data frame HYDAT_list is supplied with this package.

Value

Returns a line from a data frame with 21 variables

Station	StationID
StationName	Station Name
HYDStatus	Active or Discontinued
Prov	Province
Latitude
Longitude
DrainageArea	Area in km^2
Years	# of years with data
From	Start Year
To	End Year
Reg.	Regulated or natural
Flow	if TRUE/Yes flow data is available
Level	if TRUE/Yes water level data is available
Sed	if TRUE/Yes sediment data is available
OperSched	Current operation schedule- Continuous or Seasonal
RealTime	if TRUE/Yes real itme data exists
RHBN	if TRUE/Yes is in the reference hydrologic basin network
Region	WSC Region
Datum	Datum used
Operator	Agency responsible for collecting data
Station_lname	Added field combining StationID, StationName, Province and if station is RHBN an * is added

Author(s)

Paul Whitfield

Examples

data("HYDAT_list")
s_info <- ch_get_wscstation("05BB001", metadata = HYDAT_list)
title <- s_info[21]
print(title)

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