hddtools (version 0.9.4)

catalogueMOPEX: Data source: MOPEX catalogue

Description

This function retrieves the list of the MOPEX basins.

Usage

catalogueMOPEX(MAP = TRUE)

Arguments

MAP

Boolean, TRUE by default. If FALSE it returns a list of the USGS station ID<U+2019>s and the gage locations of all 1861 potential MOPEX basins. If TRUE, it return a list of the USGS station ID<U+2019>s and the gage locations of the 438 MOPEX basins with MAP estimates.

Value

This function returns a data frame containing the following columns:

USGS_ID

Station id number

Longitude

Decimal degrees East

Latitude

Decimal degrees North

Drainage_Area

Square Miles

R_gauges

Required number of precipitation gages to meet MAP accuracy criteria

N_gauges

Number of gages in total gage window used to estimate MAP

A_gauges

Avaliable number of gages in the basin

Ratio_AR

Ratio of Available to Required number of gages in the basin

Date_start

Date when recordings start

Date_end

Date when recordings end

State

State of the basin

Name

Name of the basin

Columns Date_start, Date_end, State, Name are taken from: https://hydrology.nws.noaa.gov/pub/gcip/mopex/US_Data/Basin_Characteristics/usgs431.txt Date_start and Date_end are conventionally set to the first of the month here, however actual recordings my differ. Always refer to the recording date obtained as output of tsMOPEX().

Examples

# NOT RUN {
  # Retrieve the MOPEX catalogue
  catalogue <- catalogueMOPEX()
# }
# NOT RUN {
# }