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rNOMADS (version 2.4.1)

CheckNOMADSArchive: Check to see if archived data exists.

Description

This function checks to see if data exists for a given date and model. It checks for both GRIB1 or GRIB2 files.

Usage

CheckNOMADSArchive(abbrev, model.date = NULL)

Arguments

abbrev

Model abbreviation per NOMADSArchiveList.

model.date

The year, month, and day to check for data, in YYYYMMDD format. If NULL, check all available dates in NOMADS archive.

Value

available.models$date

What date the file is for, in YYYYMMDD format.

available.models$model.run

At what hour (GMT) the model was run.

available.models$pred

What predictions are available

available.models$file.name

List of file names for available model dates, runs, and predictions

References

http://nomads.ncdc.noaa.gov/

See Also

NOMADSArchiveList, ArchiveGribGrab

Examples

Run this code
# NOT RUN {
#See what is available for January 1 of this year

abbrev <- "gfs4"
model.date <- paste0(format(Sys.time(), "%Y"), "0101")
# }
# NOT RUN {
gfs.available.models <- CheckNOMADSArchive(abbrev, model.date)
# }

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