get_available_imagery: Get a listing of available BOM satellite GeoTIFF imagery

Description

Fetch a listing of BOM 'GeoTIFF' satellite imagery from ftp://ftp.bom.gov.au/anon/gen/gms/ to determine which files are currently available for download. Files are available at ten minute update frequency with a 24 hour delete time. Useful to know the most recent files available and then specify in the get_satellite_imagery function.

Usage

get_available_imagery(product_id = "all")

Arguments

product_id

Character. BOM product ID of interest for which a list of available images will be returned. Defaults to all images currently available.

Value

A vector of all available files for the requested Product ID(s).

Details

Valid BOM satellite Product IDs for 'GeoTIFF' files include:

IDE00420: AHI cloud cover only 2km FD GEOS GIS
IDE00421: AHI IR (Ch13) greyscale 2km FD GEOS GIS
IDE00422: AHI VIS (Ch3) greyscale 2km FD GEOS GIS
IDE00423: AHI IR (Ch13) Zehr 2km FD GEOS GIS
IDE00425: AHI VIS (true colour) / IR (Ch13 greyscale) composite 1km FD GEOS GIS
IDE00426: AHI VIS (true colour) / IR (Ch13 greyscale) composite 2km FD GEOS GIS
IDE00427: AHI WV (Ch8) 2km FD GEOS GIS
IDE00430: AHI cloud cover only 2km AUS equirect. GIS
IDE00431: AHI IR (Ch13) greyscale 2km AUS equirect. GIS
IDE00432: AHI VIS (Ch3) greyscale 2km AUS equirect. GIS
IDE00433: AHI IR (Ch13) Zehr 2km AUS equirect. GIS
IDE00435: AHI VIS (true colour) / IR (Ch13 greyscale) composite 1km AUS equirect. GIS
IDE00436: AHI VIS (true colour) / IR (Ch13 greyscale) composite 2km AUS equirect. GIS
IDE00437: AHI WV (Ch8) 2km AUS equirect. GIS
IDE00439: AHI VIS (Ch3) greyscale 0.5km AUS equirect. GIS

References

Australian Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) high-definition satellite images http://www.bom.gov.au/australia/satellite/index.shtml

Examples

Run this code

# NOT RUN {
# Check availability of AHI VIS (true colour) / IR (Ch13 greyscale) composite
# 1km FD GEOS GIS images
imagery <- get_available_imagery(product_id = "IDE00425")
# }
# NOT RUN {
# }

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