getecsn              package:clim.pact              R Documentation

_R_e_t_r_i_e_v_e _d_a_i_l_y _s_t_a_t_i_o_n _r_e_c_o_r_d _f_r_o_m _E_C_S_N _s_e_t.

_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n:

     Reads the data from Nordklim available at URL: <URL:
     http://eca.knmi.nl/dailydata/predefinedseries.php>.  Also see
     <URL: 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 <URL:
     http://eca.knmi.nl>

_U_s_a_g_e:

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

_A_r_g_u_m_e_n_t_s:

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.

_V_a_l_u_e:

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

_A_u_t_h_o_r(_s):

     R.E. Benestad

_E_x_a_m_p_l_e_s:

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

