getXMLWML1.1Data: Function to return data from the NWISWeb WaterML1.1 daily...

In jlthomps/EflowStats: Returns HIT/HAT Hydrologic Indicator stats for a given set of data

Description

This function accepts a url parameter that already contains the desired NWIS site, parameter code, statistic, startdate and enddate. It returns a data frame containing "Date" and "Discharge"

Usage

  getXMLWML1.1Data(obs_url)

Arguments

obs_url

string containing the url for the retrieval

Value

Daily a data frame containing columns 'Date' and 'Discharge'

Examples

url<-"http://waterservices.usgs.gov/nwis/dv/?format=waterml,1.1&sites="
sites<-"02177000"
startdate<-"2012-09-01"
enddate<-"2012-10-01"
offering<-'00003'
property<-'00060'
obs_url<-paste(url,sites,'&startDT=',startdate,'&endDT=',enddate,'&statCd=',offering,'&parameterCd=',property,sep='')
getXMLWML1.1Data(obs_url)

jlthomps/EflowStats documentation built on May 19, 2019, 12:48 p.m.