load_precip_from_usgs: Load precipitation from USGS Web Services

In walkerjeffd/myrwaR: Tools for the Mystic River Watershed Association

Load precipitation from USGS Web Services

Description

Fetches and returns precipitation timeseries from USGS web services. Timeseries is automatically aggregated to hourly timesteps.

Usage

load_precip_from_usgs(start_date, end_date = NULL, station_id = "01102500",
  tz = "EST", as.type = c("dataframe", "zoo"), datetime.name = "Datetime",
  value.name = "Precip")

Arguments

start_date	Start date of timeseries as string
end_date	End date of timeseries as string (default=NULL meaning use today's date)
station_id	USGS station ID as string (default="01102500" for Aberjona River)
tz	Timezone assigned to resulting dataframe (default="EST")
as.type	Return type as 'dataframe' (default) or 'zoo'
datetime.name	Name of datetime column (default="Datetime")
value.name	Name of precipitation column (default="Precip")

Value

dataframe or zoo object of hourly precipitation timeseries in inches/hour

Examples

pcp_usgs <- load_precip_from_usgs(start_date="2015-05-01",
                                  end_date="2015-05-10")

walkerjeffd/myrwaR documentation built on Nov. 14, 2024, 1:25 p.m.