Fetch BOM radar imagery from
ftp://ftp.bom.gov.au/anon/gen/radar/ and return a
SpatRaster
layer object. Files available are the most
recent radar snapshot which are updated approximately every 6 to 10 minutes.
Suggested to check file availability first by using
get_available_radar
.
Arguments
- product_id
Character. BOM product ID to download and import as a magick object. Value is required.
- path
Character. A character string with the name where the downloaded file is saved. If not provided, the default value
NULL
is used which saves the file in an R session temp directory.- download_only
Logical. Whether the radar image is loaded into the environment as a magick object or just downloaded.
Value
A magick object of the most recent radar image snapshot
published by the BOM. If download_only = TRUE
there will be
a NULL
return value with the download path printed in the console as a
message.
Details
Valid BOM Radar Product IDs for radar imagery
can be obtained from get_available_radar
.
References
Australian Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) radar images
http://www.bom.gov.au/australia/radar/
Author
Dean Marchiori, [email protected]
Examples
# \donttest{
# Fetch most recent radar image for Wollongong 256km radar
imagery <- get_radar_imagery(product_id = "IDR032")
#> file downloaded to:/tmp/RtmpgdulRp/file5661ffd8599.gif
imagery
#> # A tibble: 1 × 7
#> format width height colorspace matte filesize density
#> <chr> <int> <int> <chr> <lgl> <int> <chr>
#> 1 GIF 524 564 sRGB TRUE 34335 72x72
# }