The function to use to find which sites are available is
getMeta(). While this function can be run using different
options, it can be easiest to run it without any options. This produces
a map of all the available sites, which can be quickly accessed.
Click to expand the markers until you find the site of interest (shown by a blue marker). This reveals some site information including the site name and the start and end date of available data. The most important information revealed in the marker is the code, which is used to access the data.
getMeta()
#> # A tibble: 13,173 × 12
#> usaf wban station ctry st call latitude longitude `elev(m)` begin
#> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <dbl> <dbl> <dbl> <date>
#> 1 0100… 99999 EDGEOYA NO <NA> <NA> 78.2 22.8 14 1973-01-01
#> 2 0100… 99999 NY-ALE… SV <NA> <NA> 78.9 11.9 7.7 1973-01-06
#> 3 0100… 99999 LONGYE… SV <NA> ENSB 78.2 15.5 26.8 1975-09-29
#> 4 0100… 99999 KARL X… SV <NA> <NA> 80.6 25 5 1955-01-01
#> 5 0101… 99999 ANDOYA NO <NA> ENAN 69.3 16.1 13.1 1931-01-03
#> 6 0101… 99999 KVITOYA SV <NA> <NA> 80.1 31.5 10 1986-11-18
#> 7 0101… 99999 HEKKIN… NO <NA> <NA> 69.6 17.8 14 1980-03-14
#> 8 0101… 99999 KONGSO… NO <NA> <NA> 78.9 28.9 20 1993-05-01
#> 9 0101… 99999 AKSELO… SV <NA> <NA> 77.7 14.8 6 1973-01-01
#> 10 0102… 99999 SORKAP… SV <NA> <NA> 76.5 16.6 10 2010-10-08
#> # ℹ 13,163 more rows
#> # ℹ 2 more variables: end <date>, code <chr>When using getMeta() it will probably be useful to read
the information into a data frame. Note that plot = FALSE
stops the function from providing the map.
Often, one has an idea of the region in which a site is of interest. For example, if the interest was in sites close to London, the latitude and longitude can be supplied and a search is carried out of the 10 nearest sites to that location. There is also an option n that can be used in change the number of nearest sites shown. If a lat/lon is provided, clicking on the blue marker will show the approximate distance between the site and the search coordinates.
getMeta(lat = 51.5, lon = 0)
#> # A tibble: 10 × 15
#> usaf wban station ctry st call latitude longitude `elev(m)` begin
#> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <dbl> <dbl> <dbl> <date>
#> 1 0376… 99999 CITY UK <NA> EGLC 51.5 0.055 5.8 1988-01-29
#> 2 0377… 99999 ST JAM… UK <NA> <NA> 51.5 -0.117 5 2009-12-18
#> 3 0376… 99999 BIGGIN… UK <NA> EGKB 51.3 0.033 182. 1988-01-05
#> 4 0378… 99999 KENLEY… UK <NA> <NA> 51.3 -0.083 170 1988-02-01
#> 5 0367… 99999 NORTHO… UK <NA> EGWU 51.6 -0.418 37.8 1973-01-01
#> 6 0377… 99999 HEATHR… UK <NA> EGLL 51.5 -0.461 25.3 1948-12-01
#> 7 0377… 99999 GATWICK UK <NA> EGKK 51.1 -0.19 61.6 1973-01-01
#> 8 0368… 99999 ROTHAM… UK <NA> <NA> 51.8 -0.358 128 2013-08-20
#> 9 0376… 99999 CHARLW… UK <NA> <NA> 51.1 -0.229 68 1992-03-01
#> 10 0368… 99999 STANST… UK <NA> EGSS 51.9 0.235 106. 1973-01-01
#> # ℹ 5 more variables: end <date>, code <chr>, longr <dbl>, latr <dbl>,
#> # dist <dbl>