rnoaa-package: General purpose R interface to NOAA datasets.
Description
rnoaa is an R interface to NOAA climate data.A note about ncdf
Functions to work with buoy data use netcdf files. You'll need the ncdf
package for those functions, and those only. ncdf is in Suggests in
this package, meaning you only need ncdf if you are using the buoy
functions. You'll get an informative error telling you to install ncdf
if you don't have it and you try to use the buoy functions. Installation of ncdf should be straightforward on Mac and Windows, but
on Linux you may have issues. See http://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/ncdf/INSTALLDetails
Many functions in this package interact with the National Climatic Data Center application
programming interface (API) at http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cdo-web/webservices/v2, all of
which functions start with ncdc_. An access token, or API key, is required to use all
the ncdc_ functions. The key is required by NOAA, not the creators of this R package.
Go to the link given above to get an API key. More NOAA data sources are being added through time. Data sources and their function prefixes
are:
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buoy_* - NOAA Buoy data from the National Buoy Data Center
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ghcnd_* - GHCND daily data from NOAA
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isd_* - ISD/ISH data from NOAA
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homr_* - Historical Observing Metadata Repository (HOMR) vignette
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ncdc_* - NOAA National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) vignette (examples)
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seaice - Sea ice vignette
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storm_ - Storms (IBTrACS) vignette
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swdi - Severe Weather Data Inventory (SWDI) vignette
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tornadoes - From the NOAA Storm Prediction Center