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# pmetar | ||
Package allows to download current and historical METAR weather reports and decode basic parameters. | ||
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<h4><b>METAR weather reports source web pages</b></h4> | ||
<p>The function metar_get scraps data from two web pages:<br> | ||
<ol> | ||
<li>For current reports: Aviation Weather Center https://www.aviationweather.gov/metar</li><br> | ||
<li>For historical reports: <br> | ||
<ul> | ||
<li>Iowa Environmental Mesonet web page of Iowa State University | ||
ASOS-AWOS-METAR http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/AWOS/</li> | ||
<li>Weather Information Service http://www.ogimet.com/ developed by Guillermo Ballester Valor</li> | ||
</ul></ol> | ||
Please take into consideration that the http://www.ogimet.com/ can block too frequent requests for data due to the server overload. <br> | ||
<br><h4><b>Locations of METAR stations</b></h4> | ||
<p>Information about the locations of the METAR stations / ariports were taken from two sources:<br> | ||
<ol> | ||
<li> The first choice is the file from https://ourairports.com/data/ created by David Megginson.</li> | ||
<li> If information can't be found, the second source is searched, the ADDS Station Table prepared by Greg Thompson NCAR/RAP. The file is available on the web page of Aviation Weather Center https://www.aviationweather.gov/docs/metar/stations.txt | ||
from NOAA National Weather Service https://www.weather.gov/</li> | ||
</ol> | ||
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[![cran | ||
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Package allows to download current and historical METAR weather reports | ||
and decode basic parameters. | ||
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### METAR weather reports source web pages | ||
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The function metar\_get scraps data from two web pages: | ||
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1. For current reports: | ||
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- Aviation Weather Center <https://www.aviationweather.gov/metar> | ||
</li> | ||
<br> | ||
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2. For historical reports: | ||
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- Iowa Environmental Mesonet web page of Iowa State University | ||
ASOS-AWOS-METAR <http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/AWOS/> | ||
</li> | ||
- Weather Information Service <http://www.ogimet.com/> developed by | ||
Guillermo Ballester Valor | ||
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Please take into consideration that the <http://www.ogimet.com/> can | ||
block too frequent requests for data due to the server overload. <br> | ||
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### Locations of METAR stations | ||
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Information about the locations of the METAR stations / ariports were | ||
taken from two sources: | ||
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1. The first choice is the file from <https://ourairports.com/data/> | ||
created by David Megginson. | ||
2. If information can’t be found, the second source is searched, the | ||
ADDS Station Table prepared by Greg Thompson NCAR/RAP. The file is | ||
available on the web page of Aviation Weather Center | ||
<https://www.aviationweather.gov/docs/metar/stations.txt> from NOAA | ||
National Weather Service <https://www.weather.gov/> | ||
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The both above data sources are in the public domain. | ||
<br><br> | ||
<h4><b>Package pmetar is for extracting and parsing information, from current or historical METAR reports, only. | ||
<br><br> | ||
Don't use it for flight planning or navigation.</b></h4> | ||
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#### Package pmetar is for extracting and parsing information, from current or historical METAR reports, only. | ||
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#### Don’t use it for flight planning or navigation. | ||
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### Installation | ||
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CRAN version | ||
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``` r | ||
install.packages("pmetar") | ||
``` | ||
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Dev version | ||
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``` r | ||
remotes::install_github("prcwiek/pmetar") | ||
``` | ||
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``` r | ||
library('pmetar') | ||
``` | ||
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## Contributors | ||
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- David Megginson, Author of data set with airports list | ||
<https://ourairports.com/data/> | ||
- Greg Thompson, Author of data set with airports list | ||
<https://www.aviationweather.gov/docs/metar/stations.txt> |