get_usgs_gage: A function to grab daily stream flow measurements from the...

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Description

A function to grab daily stream flow measurements from the USGS waterdata.usgs.gov server.

Usage

get_usgs_gage(flowgage_id,begin_date="1979-01-01",end_date="2013-01-01")

Arguments

flowgage_id	flowgage_id Gage is a TEXT/String rather than numeric or the query will fail on gages with leading 0s
begin_date	begin_date begin_date is a TEXT/String for the start date for the data you want. Default is the beginning of the cfsr dataset.
end_date	end_date end_date is a TEXT/String for the end date for the data you want. Default is in the future sometime

Value

area	The area above the gage [km2]
declat	Decimal Lat
declon	Decimal Lon
flowdata	Dataframe with the historical flow data - flow is in cubic meters per day

Author(s)

Daniel R Fuka

Examples

flowgage_id="04216500"
flowgage=get_usgs_gage(flowgage_id)

## The function is currently defined as

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