read.ghcn: Read in ghcn data
In clayton33/csasMarPhys: DFO Maritimes Physical Oceanography CSAS analysis

read.ghcn

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Read in ghcn data

Description

This function reads in Global Historical Climatology Network monthly (GHCNm) data that is downloaded using download.ghcn.

Usage

read.ghcn(dataFile, metadataFile, stationId = NULL)

Arguments

`dataFile`	a character string giving the name of the file to read, this will be the `.dat` file
`metadataFile`	a character string giving the name of the file to read, this will be the `.inv` file
`stationId`	a character string of the station ID to extract

Value

a list that is in similar nature to the ahccd format, it contains some metadata, stationId, stationName, longitude, latitude, and elevation, as well as a data that contains year, month, temperature, and flag.