rerddap (version 0.1.0)

info: Get information on an ERDDAP dataset.

Description

Get information on an ERDDAP dataset.

Usage

info(datasetid, url = eurl(), ...)
as.info(x)

Arguments

datasetid

Dataset id

url

A URL for an ERDDAP server. Default: http://upwell.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/

...

Further args passed on to GET (must be a named parameter)

x

A datasetid or the output of info

Value

• Prints a summary of the data on return, but you can index to various information.

  The data is a list of length two with:

  • variables - Data.frame of variables and their types
  • alldata - List of data variables and their full attributes
  Where alldata element has many data.frame's, one for each variable, with metadata for that variable. E.g., for griddap dataset noaa_pfeg_696e_ec99_6fa6, alldata has:
  • NC_GLOBAL
  • time
  • latitude
  • longitude
  • sss

References

http://upwell.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/index.html

Examples

# grid dap datasets
info('noaa_esrl_027d_0fb5_5d38')

(out <- ed_search(query='temperature'))
info(out$info$dataset_id[5])
info(out$info$dataset_id[15])
info(out$info$dataset_id[25])
info(out$info$dataset_id[33])
info(out$info$dataset_id[65])
info(out$info$dataset_id[150])
info(out$info$dataset_id[400])
info(out$info$dataset_id[678])

out <- info(datasetid='noaa_esrl_027d_0fb5_5d38')
## See brief overview of the variables and range of possible values, if given
out$variables
## all information on longitude
out$alldata$longitude
## all information on air
out$alldata$air

# table dap datasets
(out <- ed_search(query='temperature', which = "table"))
info(out$info$dataset_id[1])
info(out$info$dataset_id[2])
info(out$info$dataset_id[3])
info(out$info$dataset_id[4])

info('erdCalCOFIfshsiz')
out <- info('erdCinpKfmBT')
## See brief overview of the variables and range of possible values, if given
out$variables
## all information on longitude
out$alldata$longitude
## all information on Haliotis_corrugata_Mean_Density
out$alldata$Haliotis_corrugata_Mean_Density

# use a different ERDDAP server
## Marine Institute (Ireland)
info("IMI_CONN_2D", url = "http://erddap.marine.ie/erddap/")
## Marine Domain Awareness (MDA) (Italy)
info("erdMH1chlamday", url = "https://bluehub.jrc.ec.europa.eu/erddap/")