GSODR (version 3.1.9)

nearest_stations: Find Nearest GSOD Stations to a Specified Latitude and Longitude

Description

Given latitude and longitude values entered as decimal degrees (DD), this function returns a list (as an atomic vector) of station ID values, which can be used in get_GSOD to query for specific stations as an argument in the station parameter of that function.

Usage

nearest_stations(LAT, LON, distance)

Value

By default a class character

vector object of station identification numbers. in order from nearest to farthest in increasing order. If

return_full is TRUE, a data.table

with full station metadata including the distance from the user specified coordinates is returned.

Arguments

LAT

Latitude expressed as decimal degrees (DD) (WGS84)

LON

Longitude expressed as decimal degrees (DD) (WGS84)

distance

Distance in kilometres from point for which stations are to be returned.

Author

Adam H. Sparks,

Examples

if (FALSE) { # interactive()
# Find stations within a 100km radius of Toowoomba, QLD, AUS

n <- nearest_stations(LAT = -27.5598, LON = 151.9507, distance = 100)
n
}