getnordklim {clim.pact}R Documentation

Retrieve station record from the Nordklima set or HadObs.

Description

getnordklim reads the data from Nordklim available at URL: http://www.smhi.se/hfa_coord/nordklim/. Also see getdnmi and getnacd.

Usage

getnordklim(location=NULL,ele.c='101',ascii=FALSE,silent=FALSE,direc="data")
getHadObs(what="CET")

Arguments

location name of climate station location. NULL returns the list of all names.
ele.c name of element [e.g. avail.elem(), or 't2m', 'rr', 'slp'].
ascii Flag. T -> force ascii read, otherwise look for R-formatted verion (faster).
silent Flag. F -> print error messages.
direc name of directory in which the data are stored.
what "CET": reads the central England Temperature; "EWP": reads Monthly England and Wales precipitation

Value

a <- list of "monthly.station.record" class:
val The monthly values (a 12-column matrix with one column for each year).
station station number.
yy The years of observation (vector).
lat,lon Latitude and longitude of the location.
x.0E65N,y.0E65N Distance in km from 0E, 65N.
location Name of location .
wmo.no WMO number.
start Start of observatins from this location.
yy0 First year in current record.
ele Code of theelement.
obs.name Name of the element.
unit Unit of the element.
country The country in which the location is located.
quality Code/description for data quality.
found Flag: T - the data requested was found.
ref Reference for the data set.

Author(s)

R.E. Benestad

Examples

## Not run: 
helsinki.rr <- getnordklim("helsinki",ele=601)
## End(Not run)

[Package clim.pact version 2.2-15 Index]