EcoHydRology (version 0.4.12.1)

build_gsod_forcing_data: Parsing gzipped GSOD dataset.

Description

Parsing of the gzipped GSOD forcing data as returned from get_gsod_stn()

Usage

build_gsod_forcing_data()

Examples

# NOT RUN {
#
# After running get_gsod_stn() with addis as a temp directory then:
#

# }
# NOT RUN {
tmp_ppt<-build_gsod_forcing_data()
addis
# }
# NOT RUN {
## The function is currently defined as
function(){
  tmpdir=readline("Please enter a temp directory where you stored the
  *.op.gz datafiles? \n")
  files=dir(tmpdir,"*.op.gz",full.names=T)
  start_year=min(substr(files,nchar(files)-9,nchar(files)-6))
  end_year=max(substr(files,nchar(files)-9,nchar(files)-6))
  alldates=data.frame(fdate=seq(from=as.Date(paste(start_year,"-01-01",
  sep="")), to=as.Date(paste(end_year,"-12-31",sep="")), by=1))

  stn=matrix()
  tmin=matrix()
  tmax=matrix()
  ppt=matrix()
  fdate=matrix()
  for (tmpfile in files){
#
# There is more data in this dataset we can extract later as we need it.
#
#
        tmpstring<-grep("MAX",readLines( gzfile(tmpfile)),value=TRUE,invert=TRUE)
        stn<-c(stn,as.numeric(as.character(substring(tmpstring,1,5))))
        tmax<-c(tmax,as.numeric(as.character(substring(tmpstring,103,108))))
        tmin<-c(tmin,as.numeric(as.character(substring(tmpstring,111,116))))
        ppt<-c(ppt,as.numeric(as.character(substring(tmpstring,119,123))))
        fdate<-c(fdate,as.Date(yearmoda<-substring(tmpstring,15,22),
		"%Y%m%d"))
  }

  stn<-as.numeric(stn)
  ppt<-as.numeric(ppt)
  tmax<-as.numeric(tmax)
  tmin<-as.numeric(tmin)
  fdate<-as.Date(as.numeric(fdate), origin="1970-01-01")
  forcing=data.frame(stn=stn,ppt=ppt,tmax=tmax,tmin=tmin,
  fdate=as.Date(fdate))
  forcing=na.omit(forcing)
  forcing=merge(alldates,forcing,all=TRUE)

  forcing$ppt_mm <- forcing$ppt*25.4
  forcing$tmax_C <- (forcing$tmax-32) * 5/9
  forcing$tmin_C <- (forcing$tmin-32) * 5/9
  forcing$tavg_C <-(forcing$tmin_C+forcing$tmax_C)/2
  forcing$ppt_mm[forcing$ppt_mm > 999]=0.0
  return(forcing)
  }
# }