Version 1.8.0 (2023-06-17)

readDWD.grib2: pack option rgdal removed.
all instances of raster/rgdal/sp code replaced with terra code
cross references and website improved

Atmosphere - Meteorological Observation and Forecast - R
Published by brry almost 2 years ago

Version 1.7.0 (2023-04-14)

dataDWD: dir default set to locdir()
interactive weather comparison app added
findID+selectDWD: new argument failempty to stop instead of warn if name does not match
readDWD.grib2: rgdal retirement warning added
dataDWD + readDWD: new argument hr to auto-merge historical and recent files
createIndex: speed and correctness improved
runLocalTests: tests expanded, internally restructured
readDWD: new argument quietread
the NEWS file is completely reformatted and changed into NEWS.md

Atmosphere - Meteorological Observation and Forecast - R
Published by brry almost 2 years ago

rdwd - v1.6

Version 1.6.0 (2022-05-30)

new functions

plotDWD
locdir (will replace fixed "DWDdata" folder in dataDWD)
readDWD.deriv
readDWD.rklim
readDWD.pdf
validFileTypes (charstring vector)

improvements

selectDWD: is completely rewritten and now vectorizes expandingly
reading functions: use latin1 encoding
dataDWD: new argument method, new default for overwrite
several improvements for input checks, messages, tests and documentation
metaInfo: accepts custom index
readDWD.radar: new argument dividebyten
readDWD.grib2: new argument pack
website: new use case daily radar files

Atmosphere - Meteorological Observation and Forecast - R
Published by brry almost 3 years ago

rdwd - oldselect

This is a release before major internal changes in selectDWD are coming in.

Atmosphere - Meteorological Observation and Forecast - R
Published by brry almost 3 years ago

rdwd - v1.5

Version 1.5.0 (2021-04-08)

API changes:

readVars: new argument 'quiet' (for updateIndexes)
readDWD.grib2: initial release
projectRasterDWD: new argument adjust05
dataDWD: new default: dbin=TRUE

enhancements / bug fixes:

readDWD.data: fread checks for system command unzip, prints final value in message
dataDWD: unfound URL messages also link to website fileIndex in German locale
updateRdwd: version and date comparison improved, print local version if newer than on github
createIndex: improved recognition of "Beschreibung_Stationen" meta files
dwdparams + updateIndexes: missing/duplicate Kurz entry messages improved
readDWD: subfunction names in elegant message outside the loop to avoid interrupted progbars.
indexFTP + dirDWD: trailing slashes removed with regexp
fileType: more informative message for failed type determination
DEU: now derived from NUTS regions and with new CRS (along with EUR)
runLocalTests: improved logfiles, false positive messages removed

website changes:

package structure moved to first chapter
fread instructions expanded
FTP Folder list expanded
more messages / warnings suppressed that are irrelevant to readers
linked to in seeAlso sections of suitable function documentations
Website: redirected man pages are now correctly linked to (e.g. fileIndex -> index)
Documentation and dataset links are now opened in a new window
new use case: values at locations in grid
FTP address updated everywhere

Atmosphere - Meteorological Observation and Forecast - R
Published by brry about 4 years ago

Version 1.4.0 (2020-07-31)

API changes:

dataDWD: argument 'file' renamed to 'url' to avoid confusion with local file names
readDWD: 'fread' default set to NA. This is an experiment, see issue #22
readDWD: now has argument type (determined by new function fileType) to replace the ever growing list of types
dataDWD, readDWD, selectDWD: order of arguments changed to reflect importance
plotRadar: gains arguments axes, las, zlim, col, mar, keeppar. main now defaults to (and correctly keeps) x@title.
selectDWD: gains argument remove_dupli to ignore DWD file upload errors
readDWD.*: All subfunctions message their identity and have a 'quiet' argument
new function: rdwdquiet()
readDWD.meta: station and bundesland names are now char instead of factor (since R 4.0.0)
indexFTP: new argument 'fast' to read file tree with data.table
createIndex: gains argument checklog
runLocalTests: new arguments for devtools::check and checkIndex
readVars: params now an explicit argument (defaults to dwdparams)

enhancements / bug fixes:

EUR: extends further east for plots with large width compared to height
updateRdwd: unloads package before installation and informs about the need to re-load
checkIndex: new check for duplicate meta files, writes to logfile (append, no overwrite), nicer path print, logs modification time of index files
lldist: fix error that occurred when a df with a single row was given
runLocalTests: warning logfile cleared before writing, checkIndex results included, false positives removed, on github
source code function argument sections all have line breaks (except readDWD.*)
documentation source code now is written in markdown, source files have been reorganized
cross-references in documentation improved
metaInfo: from/to columns date conversion corrected
indexFTP + dataDWD: up to date and centralized sleep information
dataDWD: Download failure message improved, refer to fileIndex section on homepage if applicable.
readDWD.nc: ncdf warning suppressed
selectDWD: combines all warnings within the loop to a single message

website changes:

improved (and stand-alone) fileIndex section
plotRadar used for nice maps
huxtable fixed
use global quiet option instead of explicit quiet=TRUE all the time
history section added
package schematic revamped completely

Version 1.3.1 (2020-02-18)

API changes:

projectRasterDWD: latlon=T/F replaced with targetproj
readDWD.binary: output list element renamed to 'dat' (from 'data') for consistency with other functions
dataDWD: new argument dbin
new functions: updateRdwd, plotRadar

enhancements / bug fixes:

readDWD.data: now correctly reads 10 minute timestamps
readDWD.meta: column widths identified more elegantly and safely
indexFTP: warn about requests to https instead of ftp servers, new argument exclude.latest.bin
addBorders: added sp to 'Suggests', moved DEU + EUR to inst/extdata to handle CRAN build+check on systems without sp installed

website changes:

list of FTP Folders now with clickable URLs
RQ example added
order of radar graphs changed for better comparison in pdf

Atmosphere - Meteorological Observation and Forecast - R
Published by brry over 4 years ago

rdwd - v1.2.0

Version 1.2.0 (2019-10-26)
Highlights:

Vignettes moved to https://bookdown.org/brry/rdwd with nice structure
improved reading of gridded data, documented in vignette chapter "Raster data"
readRadarFile expanded + moved to own package (dwdradar) with proper tests and better warnings
Hexsticker created

Important changes:

readDWD.binary: untarring improved
projectRasterDWD: default extents + projs added for seasonal + nc
source code directory structure updated
quiet argument added to many functions
readDWD: order and documentation of method selection improved
metaIndex + fileIndex: date columns are now of class Date
dataDWD: force can now be number of hours after which to re-download
various minor fixes, see https://github.com/brry/rdwd/commits

New functions + datasets:

readDWD.radar + readDWD.nc + readDWD.stand
checkSuggestedPackages
EUR + addBorders
formatIndex
runLocalTests
updateIndexes (not exported)

Atmosphere - Meteorological Observation and Forecast - R
Published by brry over 5 years ago

rdwd - v1.1.0

Version 1.1.0 (2019-05-30)
Highlights:

Binary Radolan data can now be read correctly
The new FTP server is used
Raster data can easily be projected
All readDWD subfunctions now have their own documentation

Important changes:

dataDWD arguments to readDWD removed (can be passed with ...)
dataDWD gains joinbf argument to join base and relative url path
readDWD can expand DWD abbreviations in column names (varnames=TRUE)
readDWD source code structure is improved.
readDWD.multia ignores EndOfFile characters in multiannual data on Unix
readDWD.raster accepts gunzip arguments, reads faster on second calls
readDWD.data informatively handles empty files
readDWD.binary+raster+asc overlay Germany maps in example plots
readDWD.binary unzips into a given exdir (and reads faster on second calls)
readDWD.binary transforms output to a raster stack
selectDWD suggests only available data in interactive option
selectDWD and nearbyStations fail informatively for typical errors
fileIndex loses the unnnecessary leading slashes
indexFTP uses tree of files at new FTP server

New user-visible functions + objects:

newColumnNames
dwdparams (renamed from parameter_abreviations)
gridbase
gridIndex
projectRasterDWD
localtestdir (though mainly for internal usage)

New unexported functions:

readDWD.asc
readRadarfile + bin2num + FORTRAN code
checkIndex

Atmosphere - Meteorological Observation and Forecast - R
Published by brry almost 6 years ago

Version 1.0.0 (2019-03-17)
First major version increase!
Tests are now systematic and comprehensive (albeit run locally and manually to reduce CRAN load and enable local file writing).
selectDWD got a very noticable performance boost and an interactive res/var/per selection.
Handling raster files is now supported in rdwd.
Examples and vignettes have been refined.
Detailed changes can be found on https://github.com/brry/rdwd/commits, here's the main overview:

dataDWD: dots now passed to readDWD, download errors checked and returned as informative warning
readDWD: reading functions added for binary, raster and multi_annual files, MESS_DATUM POSIXct column added in monthly data, list output now named
indexFTP: now removes duplicates from file list, sped up in default 1min/prec usage
rdwd now works fine with multi_annual and subdaily data
readVars: parameter abbreviations completed, output now visible
selectDWD: order of arguments changed, interactive res/var/per selection enabled, computing speed extremely increased
localtests.R heavily expanded, examples reduced and refined
indexes + vignettes updated, use cases expanded with nearbyStations example
New functions and objects: readMeta, dwdbase (central package base url)

Atmosphere - Meteorological Observation and Forecast - R
Published by brry about 6 years ago

rdwd - v0.11.0

Version 0.11.0 (2018-11-26)

dataDWD: argument force can now be NA to download files older than 24 hours
hourly/solar timestamp now processed automatically
use cases vignette added
vignettes precompiled + CRAN tests removed to reduce automated load on DWD Server
indexFTP: got much smarter in discerning files from folders
indexes expanded for new DWD data
New function: readVars, along with parameter_abreviations

Version 0.10.0 (2018-03-26)

created new index with sub-hourly data, reflected in data overview at selectDWD
dataDWD,readDWD,selectDWD: file ending checks more elegant
createIndex: updated to handle the new files
some minor improvements, see https://github.com/brry/rdwd/commits

Atmosphere - Meteorological Observation and Forecast - R
Published by brry over 6 years ago

rdwd - v0.9.0

Version 0.9.0 (2017-11-03)

readDWD: readDWD.data and readDWD.meta are now separate (non-exported) functions
readDWD: fread default is now FALSE
dataDWD: fread and overwrite arguments added
references dutch meteo package and useR!2017 rdwd presentation
importFrom entries completed
DESCRIPTION: BugReports entry added

Version 0.8.0 (2017-06-09)
reflects DWD FTP update June 1

indexFTP: ftp blockage chance reduced, data loss avoided, progress bar added
errors/warnings/messages now often include a traceback
metaInfo tells about non-public files
createIndex + readDWD read meta files in German locale to handle Umlaute
Index documentation and creation unified
Vignettes and readme improved
various minor improvements and fixes, see https://github.com/brry/rdwd/commits

renamed: indexDWD -> indexFTP
added: lldist, maxlldist, nearbyStations
no longer exported in NAMESPACE: rowDisplay, dirDWD
removed: fileDWD, geoIndexAll

Atmosphere - Meteorological Observation and Forecast - R
Published by brry over 7 years ago

rdwd - v0.7.0

Version 0.7.0 (2017-02-03)

interactive map now colored by availability of recent file
stations with slightly varying coordinates (<900 m apart) aggregated in geoIndex
documentation corrections, improved messages in fileDWD and dirDWD
map vignette expanded, package vignette abbreviated slightly
metaInfo printout greatly improved
duplicate index entries removed
New function: rowDisplay
New object: geoIndexAll
Removed object: mapDWD (to reduce package size)

Atmosphere - Meteorological Observation and Forecast - R
Published by brry about 8 years ago

rdwd - first CRAN release

'selectDWD' uses index information to find files matching a path or station criteria.
With the returned path/file names, 'dataDWD' and 'readDWD' download and read data.
'dirDWD' and 'fileDWD' control that no file will be overwritten and path messages are useful.
'indexDWD' lists all the files on the FTP server with DWD data.
'createIndex' uses that list to create 'fileIndex', 'metaIndex' and 'geoIndex'.
'mapDWD' is an interactive leaflet map also useful to explore datasets.

Note: 'dataDWD' and 'readDWD' were started in June 2016 within my misc package
berryFunctions, from which they will be deleted after rdwd is on CRAN

Atmosphere - Meteorological Observation and Forecast - R
Published by brry over 8 years ago

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