getecsn {clim.pact} | R Documentation

## Retrieve daily station record from ECSN set.

### Description

Reads the data from Nordklim available at URL: http://eca.knmi.nl/dailydata/predefinedseries.php. Also see http://www.eumetnet.eu.org/contecsn.html and `getgiss`.

THESE DATA CAN BE USED FREELY PROVIDED THAT THE FOLLOWING SOURCE IS ACKNOWLEDGED: Klein Tank, A.M.G. and Coauthors (2002) 'Daily dataset of 20th-century surface air temperature and precipitation series for the European Climate Assessment.' Int. J. of Climatol., 22, 1441-1453. Data and metadata available at http://eca.knmi.nl

### Usage

    getecsn(location="prompt",param=c("TG","RR"),dataset="blended",data.path="data.eca",country=NULL,
                   update = FALSE)

### Arguments

`location` | name of climate station location.
`param` | name of element [e.g. avail.elem(), or 't2m', 'rr', 'slp'].
`dataset` | "blended" (GCOS + EUMETNET), "gcos", or ."eumetnet"
`data.path` | name of directory in which the data are stored.
`country` | Country to search for stations.
`update` | For downloading new data.

### Value

a <- list of "daily.station.record" class.

### Author(s)

R.E. Benestad

### Examples

    ## Not run:
    obs <- getecsn("helsinki")
    plotStation(obs)
    ## End(Not run)

[Package clim.pact version 2.2-1 Index]