Data source: MOPEX catalogue

This function retrieves the list of the MOPEX basins.

Usage

catalogueMOPEX(MAP = TRUE)

Source

https://hydrology.nws.noaa.gov/pub/gcip/mopex/US_Data/Documentation/

Arguments

MAP

Boolean, TRUE by default. If FALSE it returns a list of the USGS station ID’s and the gage locations of all 1861 potential MOPEX basins. If TRUE, it return a list of the USGS station ID’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().

Author

Claudia Vitolo

Examples

if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
  # Retrieve the MOPEX catalogue
  catalogue <- catalogueMOPEX()
} # }