hydromet-class {hydrotoolbox}

hydromet superclass object

Description

A suitable object for store basic information about an hydro-meteorological station.

Value

A basic hydromet class object. This class is provided in order to set the meta-data of the station.

Slots

id

ANY. This is the ID assigned by the agency.

agency

string. The name of the agency (or institution) that provides the data of the station.

station

string. The name of the (hydro)-meteorological station.

lat

numeric. Latitude of the station.

long

numeric. Longitude of the station

alt

numeric. Altitude of the station.

country

string. Country where the station is located. Argentina is set as default value.

province

string. Name of the province where the station is located. Mendoza is set as default value.

river

string. Basin river's name.

active

logical. It indicates whether or not the station is currently operated. Default value is TRUE.

basin_area

numeric. The basin area (km2) of the catchment upstream of the gauge.

basin_eff

numeric. The effective area (km2) of the basin upstream of the gauge. In Canada, many basins have variable contributing fractions. In these basins, the effective area of the basin contributes flow to the outlet at least one year in two.

other_1

ANY. It is the first free-to-fill slot in order to give you the chance to write extra information about your hydro-met station.

other_2

ANY. It is the second free-to-fill slot in order to give you the chance to write extra information about your hydro-met station.

Examples

## Not run: 
# create class hydromet
hm_create(class_name = "hydromet")

## End(Not run)