GetWeather: Read in weather and other meta-data
In oharar/rBBS: Imports North American Breeding Bird Survey data

Description Usage Arguments Details Value Author(s) References Examples

Reads Weather meta-data in BBS, from Weather.zip. Contains other meta-data too, so is useful elsewhere

1	GetWeather(Dir="ftp://ftpext.usgs.gov/pub/er/md/laurel/BBS/DataFiles/")

Dir

string for file name, defaults to ftp://ftpext.usgs.gov/pub/er/md/laurel/BBS/DataFiles/.

Documented here: ftp://ftpext.usgs.gov/pub/er/md/laurel/BBS/DataFiles/WeatherInf.txt

Data frame with these columns:

`CountryNum`	Three digit code that identifies country: 124 (Canada), 484 (Mexico), or 840 (USA)
`StateNumber`	Two digit numerical code that identifies the state, province, or territory
`Route`	Three digit code that identifies the route.
`RPID`	The run protocol identification number.
`Year`	The year.
`Month`	The month the route was surveyed (1-12).
`Day`	The day the route was surveyed (1-31).
`ObsN`	Unique observer identification number.
`TotalSpp`	The total number of species recorded on that run of the route.
`StartTemp`	The temperature recorded at the beginning of the run of the route.
`EndTemp`	The temperature recorded at the end of the run of the route.
`TempScale`	The scale in which the temperatures were recorded. F stands for Fahrenheit; C stands for Celcius.
`StartWind`	The Beaufort wind speed code recorded at the beginning of the run of the route.
`EndWind`	The Beaufort wind speed code recorded at the end of the run of the route.
`StartSky`	The Weather Bureau sky code recorded at the beginning of the run of the route.
`EndSky`	The Weather Bureau sky code recorded at the end of the run of the route.
`StartTime`	The time the run of the route began, recorded in 24 hour local time.
`EndTime`	The time the run of the route ended, recorded in 24 hour local time.
`Assistant`	Did someone assist? 1 if they did, otherwise 0.
`RunType`	If this run is acceptable by BBS standards, then 1, otherwise 0.
`routeID`	unique route ID

Bob O'Hara

Sauer, J. R., J. E. Hines, J. E. Fallon, K. L. Pardieck, D. J. Ziolkowski, Jr., and W. A. Link. 2014. The North American Breeding Bird Survey, Results and Analysis 1966 - 2012. Version 02.19.2014 USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Laurel, MD