hddtools (version 0.5)

catalogueMOPEX: Data source: MOPEX catalogue

Description

This function interfaces the MOPEX database catalogue (available from ftp://hydrology.nws.noaa.gov/pub/gcip/mopex/US_Data/) containing 438 daily datasets.

Usage

catalogueMOPEX(areaBox = NULL, columnName = NULL, columnValue = NULL,
  useCachedData = TRUE)

Arguments

areaBox

bounding box, a list made of 4 elements: minimum longitude (lonMin), minimum latitude (latMin), maximum longitude (lonMax), maximum latitude (latMax)

columnName

name of the column to filter

columnValue

value to look for in the column named columnName

useCachedData

logical, set to TRUE to use cached data, set to FALSE to retrive data from online source. This is TRUE by default.

Value

This function returns a data frame made of 431 rows (gauging stations) and 12 columns containing stations metadata.

Examples

## Not run: ------------------------------------
#   # Retrieve the MOPEX catalogue
#   MOPEX_catalogue_all <- catalogueMOPEX()
# 
#   # Define a bounding box
#   areaBox <- raster::extent(-95, -92, 37, 41)
#   # Filter the catalogue based on bounding box
#   MOPEX_catalogue_bbox <- catalogueMOPEX(areaBox = areaBox)
# 
#   # Get only catchments within NC
#   MOPEX_catalogue_state <- catalogueMOPEX(columnName = "state",
#                                           columnValue = "NC")
# 
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