hyd1d (version 0.4.6)

df.gauging_data: Gauging data for all WSV-run gauging stations along Elbe and Rhine

Description

This dataset contains all daily-averaged gauging data for the gauging stations along Elbe and Rhine operated by the waterway and shipping administration (Wasserstraßen- und Schifffahrtsverwaltung (WSV)) since 1960-01-01. Data from 1960-01-01 until 2022-12-31 are validated and were queried from the BfG-Wiski (HyDaBa) and supplied by . Data after 2021-12-31 are continuously collected from https://pegelonline.wsv.de/gast/start and are not officially validated. Unvalidated recent data will be replaced anually and distributed through package and/or internal dataset updates.

The latest version is stored locally under paste0(options()$hyd1d.datadir, "/df.gauging_data_latest.RDS"). To modify the location of your locally stored gauging data set using options() prior to loading the package, e.g. options("hyd1d.datadir" = "~/.hyd1d");library(hyd1d). The location can be determined through the environmental variable hyd1d_datadir.

Usage

df.gauging_data

Format

A data.frame with 1379334 (rows and 3 variables):

gauging_station

name of the gauging station (type character). It is used as JOIN field for dataset df.gauging_station_data.

date

of the measurement (type Date).

w

water level relative to the gauge zero (cm, type numeric).

References

wsv_pegeldaten_2021hyd1d

wsv_pegelonline_2018hyd1d

See Also

updateGaugingData

Examples

  options("hyd1d.datadir" = tempdir())
  updateGaugingData(paste0(options()$hyd1d.datadir,
                           "/df.gauging_data_latest.RDS"))