GetSMNData: Get Meteorological data

Description

Downloads minimum and maximum temperature station data from Argentina's National Weather Service's public access. Data availability is not guaranteed so you are encouraged to check it on the website.

Usage

GetSMNData(
  date,
  type = c("hourly", "daily", "radiation"),
  bar = FALSE,
  cache = TRUE,
  file.dir = tempdir()
)

Arguments

date

date vector of dates to fetch data

type

type of data to retrieve

bar

logical object indicating whether to show a progress bar

cache

logical indicating if the results should be saved on disk

file.dir

optional directory where to save and/or retrieve data

Value

For type = "hourly", a data.frame with observations of

date: date
t: temperature in degrees celsius
rh: relative humidity in %
slp: sea level pressure in hPa
dir: wind direction in clockwise degrees from 6 o'clock
V: wind magnitude in m/s
station: station name

For type = "daily", a data.frame with observations of

date: date
tmax: maximum daily temperature in degrees celsius
tmin: minimum daily temperature in degrees celsius
station: station name

For type = "radiation", a data.frame with observations of

date: date
global: global radiation in W/m^2
diffuse: diffuse radiation in W/m^2
station: station name

Examples

Run this code

# NOT RUN {
dates <- seq.Date(lubridate::today() - 30, lubridate::today(), by = "1 day")
data <- GetSMNData(dates, type = "daily", bar = TRUE)

library(ggplot2)
ggplot(subset(data, station == "BASE BELGRANO II"),
       aes(date, (tmax + tmin)/2)) +
    geom_line()
# }
# NOT RUN {
# }

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