readctval: Reads FMCOL HDF5 files containing cloud type products

Description Usage Arguments Value Note Author(s) See Also Examples

Description

FMCOL HDF5 collocation files containing NWCSAF Cloud Types objects and SYNOP objects are read into a data frame.

Usage

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    readctval(filename,classname="cloud",station="NA",start="NA",end="NA")

Arguments

filename

file to read

classname

text string to search for in the HDF5 file, defaults to "cloud"

station

text string containing station identification

start

start time in the form "12jan2007", month name is locale dependent

end

end time, similar form to start time

Value

A data.frame containing the data. Use names to see the variables. For interpretation of the cloud mask values, check the NWCSAF PPS User Manual or the raw FMCOL HDF5 file where this information is stored.

Note

Check the raw FMCOL HDF5 file or the NWCSAF PPS Users Manual for explanation of PPS cloud type codes. Remember that these may change between various versions of PPS (and the Users Manual).

Author(s)

Øystein Godøy (o.godoy@met.no)

See Also

plotctval, readsnowsig, read123, read124

Examples

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    t <- readctval(file="/disk2/collocate/output/cloud_20070831.hdf5")

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