List of nearby synop stations for a defined geographical location

Returns a data frame of meteorological stations with their coordinates and distance from a given location based on the ogimet webpage. The returned list is valid only for a given day.

nearest_stations_ogimet(
  country = "United Kingdom",
  date = Sys.Date() - 1,
  add_map = FALSE,
  point = c(2, 50),
  no_of_stations = 10,
  allow_failure = TRUE,
  ...
)

Arguments

country: country name; It is possible to provide more than one country combined into a vector
date: optionally, a day when measurements were done in all available locations; Sys.Date used by default
add_map: logical - whether to draw a map for a returned data frame (requires maps/mapdata packages)
point: a vector of two coordinates (longitude, latitude) for a point we want to find nearest stations to (e.g. c(0, 0))
no_of_stations: how many nearest stations will be returned from the given geographical coordinates
allow_failure: logical - whether to proceed or stop on failure. By default set to TRUE (i.e. don't stop on error). For debugging purposes change to FALSE
...: extra arguments to be provided to the graphics::plot() function (only if add_map = TRUE)

Value

A data.frame with number of nearest station according to given point columns describing stations parameters (e.g. ID station, distance from point in km, geographic coordinates, etc.). Each row represent a measurement, each station which has a measurements on selected date. If add_map = TRUE additional map of downloaded data is added.

Examples

# \donttest{
  nearest_stations_ogimet(country = "United Kingdom", 
                          point = c(-2, 50),
                          add_map = TRUE, 
                          no_of_stations = 50, 
                          allow_failure = TRUE,
                          main = "Meteo stations in UK")

#>     wmo_id                   station_names       lon      lat alt  distance
#> 180  03857               Isle Of Portland  -2.450009 50.51668  52  76.87423
#> 181  03862            Bournemouth Airport  -1.833350 50.76668  12  88.02782
#> 188  03896                   Saint Helier  -2.100002 49.20000  54  90.45543
#> 187  03895                 Jersey Airport  -2.183337 49.20000  84  92.08374
#> 186  03894               Guernsey Airport  -2.583345 49.41667 102  92.55780
#> 182  03866        Saint Catherine'S Point  -1.283339 50.56668  20 102.50669
#> 163  03746                  Boscombe Down  -1.750015 51.15000 124 132.03977
#> 3    -----            Gosport, Fleetlands  -1.166670 50.83335   1 132.22610
#> 179  03853                      Yeovilton  -2.633346 51.00000  23 132.80632
#> 164  03749                  Middle Wallop  -1.566678 51.13334  91 136.13384
#> 162  03743                       Larkhill  -1.800016 51.20000 132 136.49329
#> 183  03872                 Thorney Island  -0.916685 50.80002   4 151.09510
#> 177  03840           Dunkeswell Aerodrome  -3.233338 50.85002 252 168.05741
#> 161  03740                        Lyneham  -1.983353 51.50001 145 168.30649
#> 178  03844             Exeter Airport No2  -3.400008 50.73335  31 177.32121
#> 165  03761                         Odiham  -0.933352 51.23334 123 182.94804
#> 197  03930                    Almondsbury  -2.550011 51.55001  75 184.53014
#> 43   -----         Alice Holt Lodge (Aut)  -0.833350 51.16667 115 185.11401
#> 151  03649                   Brize Norton  -1.566678 51.75001  88 202.27540
#> 152  03658                         Benson  -1.083335 51.61668  62 208.51460
#> 150  03647              Little Rissington  -1.683347 51.85002 210 210.58428
#> 160  03717       Cardiff, Bute Park (Aut)  -3.183337 51.48334   9 212.89575
#> 184  03876               Shoreham Airport  -0.283339 50.83335   2 214.09869
#> 158  03710                       Liscombe  -3.600012 51.08333 348 216.79385
#> 159  03716                      St. Athan  -3.433342 51.40001  50 224.79946
#> 166  03769                      Charlwood  -0.216671 51.13334  67 237.07008
#> 142  03529                       Pershore  -2.033334 52.13334  35 239.38242
#> 168  03772      London / Heathrow Airport  -0.450009 51.46668  24 239.41862
#> 176  03827                       Plymouth  -4.116669 50.35001  50 240.70808
#> 153  03672                       Northolt  -0.416675 51.53334  38 247.29281
#> 141  03522            Hereford/Credenhill  -2.800016 52.06667  76 248.64013
#> 21   -----             Astwood Bank (Aut)  -1.933352 52.23334 137 250.68464
#> 15   -----              Kew Gardens (Aut)  -0.283339 51.46668   6 253.32765
#> 169  03781                         Kenley  -0.083335 51.30001 170 259.84178
#> 157  03707                       Chivenor  -4.133336 51.08333   8 268.44650
#> 140  03520                        Shobdon  -2.883351 52.23334  99 269.46146
#> 167  03770          London, St James Park  -0.116669 51.50001   5 270.13468
#> 154  03680                     Rothamsted  -0.350007 51.80002 128 273.96522
#> 144  03544                 Church Lawford  -1.316673 52.35001 107 274.58330
#> 45   -----        Coventry, Coundon (Aut)  -1.533344 52.41667 119 276.15168
#> 185  03882                   Herstmonceux   0.316673 50.88335  52 278.17723
#> 143  03535                      Coleshill  -1.683347 52.46668  96 279.02389
#> 139  03507                    Sennybridge  -3.600012 52.05000 307 291.76620
#> 9    -----               High Beach (Aut)   0.033334 51.65001 110 293.79658
#> 145  03559               Cardington (Aut)  -0.416675 52.10000  29 295.07781
#> 24   -----                Llysdinam (Aut)  -3.450009 52.20000 196 295.62373
#> 38   -----                     Bude (Aut)  -4.533344 50.81668  15 298.63717
#> 4    -----                Goudhurst (Aut)   0.450009 51.06667  85 299.80506
#> 27   ----- Market Bosworth, Bosworth Park  -1.383341 52.61668 129 301.62500
#> 146  03560                        Bedford  -0.450009 52.21667  85 303.47286
# }