newColumnNames: Enhance readDWD column names

In brry/rdwd: Select and Download Climate Data from 'DWD' (German Weather Service)

Enhance readDWD column names

Description

Add short German parameter descriptions to the DWD abbreviations. This uses dwdparams() to create column names like "TT_TU.Lufttemperatur" and "RSK.Niederschlagshoehe." Column names not in the abbreviation list will be left untouched.

Usage

newColumnNames(dataframe, variables = dwdparams, separator = ".")

Arguments

dataframe	Dataframe as returned by readDWD.data()
variables	Dataframe as returned by readVars() for a single file. Rownames must be variable abbreviations. There must be a "Kurz" column. DEFAULT: dwdparams
separator	Separator between abbreviation and long name. DEFAULT: "."

Value

The dataframe with new column names

Author(s)

Berry Boessenkool, [e-mail], Apr 2019

See Also

dwdparams, readVars(), readDWD() argument varnames, newColumnNames()

Examples

# mainly for internal usage

brry/rdwd documentation built on April 18, 2024, 4:16 a.m.