The crn package provides the core functions required to
download and format data from the Climate Reference Network.
Both daily and hourly data are downloaded from the ftp, a consoliated
file of all stations is created, station metadata is extracted. In
addition functions for selecting individual variables and creating
R friendly datasets for them is provided.
Details
Package:
crn
Type:
Package
Version:
1.1
License:
GPL (>=2)
LazyLoad:
yes
LazyData:
FALSE
basic operations
The package provides the basic functions to download and organize
CRN data into R friendly datastructures. The first function that should
be used is downloadCRN, That function downloads either daily
or hourly data depending on the variables you pass it.
Next, collateDaily and collateHourly should be run.
Finally, writeDataset is used to create files with individual
variables in them.
Author(s)
Steven Mosher
Maintainer: Steven Mosher <moshersteven@gmail.com>