download.ClimateData: Base utility for Bulk Climate Data fetching

In immackay/plotlyclimateca: Plot.ly functions for Canada climate data

Description

Download climate data from begin:end station is provided by Station.ID in stations.csv timeframe is either "hourly", "daily", or "monthly"

Usage

download.ClimateData(station, begin, end, timeframe = c("hourly",
  "daily", "monthly"), method = c("curl", "wget"))

Arguments

station	to download
begin	year
end	year
timeframe	of station/datastream
method	curl or wget

Details

wget is the supported utility but curl works fine and is more accessible on all systems

References

ftp://[e-mail]/Pub/Get_More_Data_Plus_de_donnees/Readme.txt ftp://ftp.tor.ec.gc.ca/Pub/Get_More_Data_Plus_de_donnees/Station%20Inventory%20EN.csv

Examples

# Station 51423 is KAMLOOPS A
begin <- 2014
end <- 2017
df <- download.ClimateData(51423, begin, end, "hourly", "curl")

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