get_available_radar {weatherOz} | R Documentation |
Get a List of Available BOM Radar Imagery
Description
Fetch a listing of available BOM radar imagery from ftp://ftp.bom.gov.au/anon/gen/radar/ to determine which files are currently available for download. The files available are the most recent radar imagery for each location, which are updated approximately every 6 to 10 minutes by the BOM. Ported from bomrang.
Usage
get_available_radar(radar_id = "all")
Arguments
radar_id |
|
Details
Valid BOM radar ID for each location required.
Value
A data.table::data.table()
of all selected radar locations with
location information and product_ids.
Author(s)
Dean Marchiori, deanmarchiori@gmail.com, and Adam H. Sparks, adamhsparks@gmail.com
References
Australian Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) radar image http://www.bom.gov.au/australia/radar/.
See Also
Other BOM:
find_forecast_towns()
,
get_ag_bulletin()
,
get_available_imagery()
,
get_coastal_forecast()
,
get_precis_forecast()
,
get_radar_imagery()
,
get_satellite_imagery()
,
parse_ag_bulletin()
,
parse_coastal_forecast()
,
parse_precis_forecast()
Other metadata:
find_forecast_towns()
,
find_nearby_stations()
,
find_stations_in()
,
get_available_imagery()
,
get_dpird_availability()
,
get_stations_metadata()
Examples
# Check availability radar imagery for Wollongong (radar_id = 3)
imagery <- get_available_radar(radar_id = 3)
imagery