fmi_lightnings: FMI Lightnings Data

In rOpenGov/fmi: Finnish Meteorological Institute open data API R client

Description

Get data on lightning strikes within a given time frame.

Usage

fmi_lightnings(start, end, bbox, crs = NULL)

Arguments

start	Character start date "YYYY-MM-DD" for the query.
end	Character end date "YYYY-MM-DD" for the query.
bbox	Extent object defining the bounding box for the query.
crs	CRS object used to project the results from EPSG:4326 (optional).

Details

Thin wrapper around FMIWFSClient$getLightningStrikes(). Accessing the FMIWFSClient is done through the .session environment and the associated functions.

Value

SpatialPointsDataFrame object. The attribute table of the returned object contain the following fields:

• cloud_indicator: is the lighting a ground (0) or cloud (1) lightning?

• ellipse_major: ???

• multiplicity: ???

• peak_current: ???

See Also

FMIWFSClient

rOpenGov/fmi documentation built on Sept. 11, 2019, 11:29 a.m.