Given a latitude and longitude value entered as decimal degrees (DD), this function returns a list of STNID values, which can be used in get_GSOD to query for specific stations as an argument in the station parameter of that function.

nearest_stations(LAT, LON, distance)

Arguments

LAT

Latitude expressed as decimal degrees (DD) [WGS84]

LON

Longitude expressed as decimal degrees (DD) [WGS84]

distance

Distance in kilometres from point for which stations are to be returned.

Value

vector object of station identification numbers

Note

The GSOD data, which are downloaded and manipulated by this R package, stipulate that the following notice should be given. “The following data and products may have conditions placed on their international commercial use. They can be used within the U.S. or for non-commercial international activities without restriction. The non-U.S. data cannot be redistributed for commercial purposes. Re-distribution of these data by others must provide this same notification.”

Examples

## Not run: ------------------------------------ # # Find stations within a 100km radius of Toowoomba, QLD, AUS # # n <- nearest_stations(LAT = -27.5598, LON = 151.9507, distance = 100) ## ---------------------------------------------