wrcc_createRawsObject: Obtain RAWS data and create a timeseries object.

In MazamaScience/RAWSmet: Download and Process data from Remote Automatic Weather Stations

Obtain RAWS data and create a timeseries object.

Description

Obtains station data from a WRCC webservice and converts it into a quality controlled, metadata enhanced "raw" tibble ready for use with all raw_~ functions.

Steps involved include:

1. download data text

2. parse data text

3. standardized names

Usage

wrcc_createRawsObject(
  wrccID = NULL,
  meta = NULL,
  startdate = strftime(lubridate::now(tzone = "UTC"), "%Y%m0101", tz = "UTC"),
  enddate = strftime(lubridate::now(tzone = "UTC"), "%Y%m%d23", tz = "UTC"),
  password = NULL,
  baseUrl = "https://wrcc.dri.edu/cgi-bin/wea_list2.pl",
  verbose = FALSE
)

Arguments

wrccID	Station identifier found in 'meta'.
meta	Tibble of RAWS metadata containing wrccID.
startdate	Desired start date (integer or character representing YYYYMMDD[HH]).
enddate	Desired end date (integer or character representing YYYYMMDD[HH]).
password	Password required for access to archival data.
baseUrl	Base URL for data queries.
verbose	Logical flag controlling detailed progress statements.

Value

Timeseries object with 'meta' and 'data'.

References

RAWS USA Climate Archive

See Also

wrcc_downloadData

wrcc_parseData

Examples

## Not run: 
library(RAWSmet)

waWALD <-
  wrcc_createRawsObject(wrccID = 'waWALD')


## End(Not run)

MazamaScience/RAWSmet documentation built on May 6, 2023, 6:57 a.m.