2 Package structure

rdwd is designed around 6 main functions:

• selectDWD: select time series data, needing:

  • station id or name, see chapters interactive map and station selection
  • res/var/per, see available options in chapter available datasets
    • temporal resolution (res = 1/10 minutes, hourly, daily, monthly, annual)
    • variables (var = temperature, rain, wind, sun, clouds, etc)
    • observation period (per = historical long term records or the current year)
  • index of files on the FTP server (fileIndex), see chapter fileIndex
     

• nearbyStations: alternative to selectDWD for a given lat/lon location

• raster data must be selected manually.

• dataDWD: download a file (or multiple files), without re-downloads for existing files

• readDWD: read that data into R (handling all the various file formats)

• plotDWD: plot time series

• plotRadar: visualize all raster data types nicely on a projected map