dataRetrieval (version 1.4.0)

getWQPqwData: Raw Data Import for Water Quality Portal

Description

Imports data from the Water Quality Portal. This function gets the data from here: http://www.waterqualitydata.us. There are four required input arguments: siteNumber, parameterCd, startDate, and endDate. parameterCd can either be a USGS 5-digit code, or a characteristic name. The sites can be either USGS, or other Water Quality Portal offered sites. It is required to use the 'full' site name, such as 'USGS-01234567'.

Usage

getWQPqwData(siteNumber, parameterCd, startDate, endDate, interactive = TRUE)

Arguments

siteNumber

string site number. This needs to include the full agency code prefix.

parameterCd

vector of USGS 5-digit parameter code or string of characteristicNames. Leaving this blank will return all of the measured values during the specified time period.

startDate

string starting date for data retrieval in the form YYYY-MM-DD.

endDate

string ending date for data retrieval in the form YYYY-MM-DD.

interactive

logical Option for interactive mode. If true, there is user interaction for error handling and data checks.

Value

retval dataframe raw data returned from the Water Quality Portal. Additionally, a POSIXct dateTime column is supplied for start and end times.

See Also

getWQPData, getWQPSites, getNWISqwData, and readWQPData

Examples

# NOT RUN {
# These examples require an internet connection to run
# }
# NOT RUN {
rawPcode <- getWQPqwData('USGS-01594440','01075', '1985-01-01', '1985-03-31')
rawCharacteristicName <- getWQPqwData('WIDNR_WQX-10032762','Specific conductance', '', '')
# }