find_wx_stns: Find nearest ASOS weather station by geographic location (USA...

In adamdsmith/nrsmisc: Miscellaneous functions for work

Description

The returned station abbreviations (FAA station identifiers) can then be passed to get_wx, get_wx_ACIS, or get_ACIS_meta

Usage

find_wx_stns(lon = NULL, lat = NULL, address = NULL, asos_only = FALSE,
  n_stns = 5, id_only = TRUE, plot = FALSE)

Arguments

lon	numeric scalar of position longitude (decimal degrees; WGS84)
lat	numeric scalar of position latitude (decimal degrees; WGS84)
address	character scalar of a street address or place name (e.g. "Mattamuskeet NWR" or "135 Phoenix Rd, Athens, GA"); overrides lat and lon if specified. See example
asos_only	logical (default = FALSE); return only ASOS stations? Primarily used in conjunction with get_wx
n_stns	how many nearest stations to return?
id_only	logical; return only station abbreviations or station info too?
plot	logical; generate plot showing station positions relative to input location (default FALSE)

Examples

find_wx_stns(-83, 34)
find_wx_stns(-83, 34, id_only = FALSE)
## Not run: 
find_wx_stns(address = "Mattamuskeet NWR", id_only = FALSE, plot = TRUE)
# Return only ASOS stations...
find_wx_stns(address = "Mattamuskeet NWR", asos_only = TRUE, plot = TRUE)

## End(Not run)

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