getRAFData: getRAFData
In NCAR/Ranadu: Functions for use with RAF aircraft data files

getRAFData

R Documentation

getRAFData

Description

Prepares RAF netCDF data, in data.frame, for FTP download

Usage

getRAFData(
  .Rdata = "Temp",
  .Directory = NA,
  .Project,
  .Flight,
  .Start = 0,
  .End = 0,
  .VarList = NA,
  .F = 0
)

Arguments

`.Rdata`	The name to be given to the data file placed on $FTP. Example: "Temp" to get "Temp.Rdata". Default "Temp".
`.Directory`	The root directory for the data, e.g., /scr/raf/ProdData or /scr/raf_data (character string). Default is DataDirectory ().
`.Project`	Project Name (e.g., "CONTRAST") – a directory on /scr/raf_data (character string)
`.Flight`	Flight name (e.g., "rf05") (character string)
`.Start`	Start time in HHMMSS format (numeric); default is the first time in the file
`.End`	End time in HHMMSS format (numeric); default is the last time in the file
`.VarList`	List of variables to include in the file (vector of character strings), default is the list of variables provided by 'standardVariables()'.
`.F`	A numeric flight number to include in the data frame as 'RF'. Defaults to 0 and, if 0, is not included.

Details

For specified variables and time period, constructs a data.frame, saves it in Rdata format, and places it on $FTP with a supplied name. This is probably not generally useful but is used by the author to facilitate data transfers to a home computer while reducing the size of the file that is transferred and avoiding the need to do this via VPN. If $FTP does not exist, the script attempts to put the file on "/net/ftp/pub/temp/users/cooperw" and will likely fail for users other than the author, so it is important to set $FTP to use this routine. CAVEAT: This script will overwrite the output file without warning.