get_surface_temps {laketemps}

get summer surface lake temperature data from GLTC dataset

Description

get summer lake surface temperatures for the Global Lake Temperature Collaboration dataset. All temperatures are in degrees C.

Usage

get_surface_temps(lake_name, type)

Arguments

lake_name

a valid name of a lake in the GLTC dataset (see get_lake_names). lake_name is case insensitive.

type

source for the data. Either "Lake.Temp.Summer.InSitu" or "Lake.Temp.Summer.Satellite". if missing, both sources will be used.

Value

a lake data.frame (empty data.frame) if no data exist. Temperatures are returned in degrees C.

References

Sharma, Sapna; Gray, Derek; Read, Jordan; O'Reilly, Catherine; Schneider, Philipp; Qudrat, Anam; Gries, Corinna; Stefanoff, Samantha; Hampton, Stephanie; Hook, Simon; Lenters, John; Livingstone, David; McIntyre, Peter; Adrian, Rita; Allan, Mathew; Anneville, Orlane; Arvola, Lauri; Austin, Jay; Bailey, John; Baron, Jill; Brookes, Justin; Chen, Yuwei; Daly, Robert; Dokulil, Martin; Dong, Bo; Ewing, Kye; de Eyto, Elvira; Hamilton, David; Havens, Karl; Haydon, Shane; Hetzenauer, Harald; Heneberry, Joceylene; Hetherington, Amy; Higgins, Scott; Hixcon, Eric; Izmest'eva, Lyubov; Jones, Benjamin; Kangur, Kullli; Kasprzak, Peter; Koster, Olivier; Kraemer, Benjamin; Kumagai, Michio; Kuusisto, Esko; Leshkevich, George; May, Linda; MacIntyre, Sally; Mueller-Navarra, Doerthe; Naumenko, Mikhail; Noges, Peeter; Noges, Tiina; Niederhauser, Pius; North, Ryan; Paterson, Andrew; Plisnier, Pierre-Denis; Rigosi, Anna; Rimmer, Alon; Rogora, Michela; Rudstram, Lars; Rusak, James; Salmaso, Nico; Samal, Nihar; Schindler, Daniel; Schladow, Geoffrey; Schmidt, Silke; Schultz, Tracey; Silow, Eugene; Straile, Dietmar; Teubner, Katrin; Verburg, Piet; Voutilainen, Ari; Watkinson, Andrew; Weyhenmeyer, Gesa; Williamson, Craig; Woo, Kara (2014): Globally distributed lake surface water temperatures collected in situ and by satellites; 1985-2009. Long Term Ecological Research Network. http://dx.doi.org/10.6073/pasta/379a6cebee50119df2575c469aba19c5

See Also

get_lake_names, get_climate

Examples

get_surface_temps('Victoria','Lake.Temp.Summer.Satellite')
get_surface_temps('Mendota','Lake.Temp.Summer.InSitu')

# - expect no satellite data for Lake Mendota:
get_surface_temps('Mendota','Lake.Temp.Summer.Satellite')

# retrieve from a lake site with multiple surface temperature sources:
get_surface_temps('Tahoe.Mid.Lake')
# is the same as:
get_surface_temps('Tahoe.Mid.Lake',c('Lake.Temp.Summer.Satellite', 'Lake.Temp.Summer.InSitu'))