Downloading the mea (i.e., measurements of the vertical profile of atmosphere) sounding data
Usage
sounding_wyoming(wmo_id, yy, mm, dd, hh)
Arguments
wmo_id
international WMO station code (World Meteorological Organization ID); For Polish stations: <U+0141>eba - 12120, Legionowo - 12374, Wroc<U+0142>aw- 12425
yy
year - single number
mm
month - single number denoting month
dd
day - single number denoting day
hh
hour - single number denoting initial hour of sounding; for most stations this measurement is done twice a day (i.e. at 12 and 00 UTC), sporadically 4 times a day
Value
Returns two lists with values described at: weather.uwyo.edu ; The first list contains:
PRES - Pressure (hPa)
HGHT - Height (metres)
TEMP - Temperature (C)
DWPT - Dew point (C)
RELH - Relative humidity (%)
MIXR - Mixing ratio (g/kg)
DRCT - Wind direction (deg)
SKNT - Wind speed (knots)
THTA = (K)
THTE = (K)
THTV = (K)
The second list contains metadata and calculated thermodynamic / atmospheric instability indices
A list of 2 data.frames where first data frame represents parameters of upper parts o with columns describing the meteorogical parameters (e.g. temperature, air pressure) where each row represent a measurement,
depending on the height. Secound data.frame present a description of the conditions under which the sounding was carried out.