Query the NOAA API to get station data (limit 1000 records) near a point. Default extent is plus or minus 0.5 degrees (bounding box) (with bbox = 1) around the specified point [lat, lng].
In order to use this function, you must obtain an API token from this website: https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cdo-web/token
Usage
get_NOAA_stations_nearXY(lat, lng, apitoken, bbox = 1, crs = "EPSG:4326")
Arguments
- lat
Latitude or Y coordinate in crs
- lng
Longitude or X coordinate in crs
- apitoken
API key token for NOAA NCDC web service
- bbox
Optional: Dimension of the bounding box centered at lat, lng.
- crs
Coordinate Reference System. Default "EPSG:4326"
Value
data.frame containing station information for all stations within a bounding box around lat, lng.
Examples
## in order to use this function, you must obtain an API token from this website:
## https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cdo-web/token
# stations <- get_NOAA_stations_nearXY(lat = 37, lng = -120,
# apitoken = "yourtokenhere")