GetVariables: GetVariables

In jirikadlec2/waterml: Fetch and Analyze Data from 'WaterML' and 'WaterOneFlow' Web Services

Description

This function gets the table of variables from the WaterML web service

Usage

GetVariables(server)

Arguments

server

The URL of the web service ending with ?WSDL, for example: http://worldwater.byu.edu/app/index.php/rushvalley/services/cuahsi_1_1.asmx?WSDL

Value

a data.frame of variables with the following columns:

VariableCode	character	Short code of the variable
FullVariableCode	character	The full variable code, for example: SNOTEL:897. Use this value as the variableCode parameter in GetValues() function.
VariableName	character	The name of the variable
ValueType	character	the type of observation: Field Observation or Derived Value
DataType	character	the aggregate data type: Average, Continuous, Sporadic..
GeneralCategory	character	the general category of the measurements: Climate, Water Quality..
SampleMedium	character	the sample medium, for example water, atmosphere, soil..
UnitName	character	The name of the measurement units
UnitType	character	the type of the measurement units
UnitAbbreviation	character	The abbreviation of the measurement units (m, cm, in..)
NoDataValue	numeric	The value that indicates missing data
IsRegular	boolean	TRUE if the measurements are regular, FALSE otherwise
TimeUnitName	character	The name of the time units
TimeUnitAbbreviation	character	The time units abbreviation
TimeSupport	character	The length of the time period over which one measurement is taken
Speciation	character	The chemical sample speciation (as nitrogen, as phosphorus..)

Examples

GetVariables("http://worldwater.byu.edu/app/index.php/rushvalley/services/cuahsi_1_1.asmx?WSDL")

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