hydro_translate translates various Hydroscope's names and
terms to English.
Usage
hydro_translate(x, value = c("owner", "variable", "timestep", "division"))Arguments
- x
a string vector
- value
One of the predefined values in
c("owner", "variable", "timestep", "division")
Value
If value is one of:
owner, organizations' names.variable, hydrometeorological term.timestep, timestep term.division, Water Division.
returns a character vector with translations of various hydrometeorological terms or organizations' names from Greek (with latin characters) to English.
The organizations' names in owner are:
| Code | Name |
| min_envir_energy | Ministry of Environment and Energy |
| min_agricult | Ministry of Rural Development and Food |
| natio_meteo_service | National Meteorological Service |
| natio_observ_athens | National Observatory of Athens |
| public_power_corp | Public Power Corporation |
| natio_argic_resear | National Agricultural Research Foundation |
| greek_perfectures | Greek Prefectures |
| crete_eng_faculty | Technical University of Crete |
| crete_natural_museum | Natural History Museum of Crete |
The Greek Water Divisions codes in division are:
| Code | Name |
| GR01 | Dytike Peloponnesos |
| GR02 | Boreia Peloponnesos |
| GR03 | Anatolike Peloponnesos |
| GR04 | Dytike Sterea Ellada |
| GR05 | Epeiros |
| GR06 | Attike |
| GR07 | Anatolike Sterea Ellada |
| GR08 | Thessalia |
| GR09 | Dytike Makedonia |
| GR10 | Kentrike Makedonia |
| GR11 | Anatolike Makedonia |
| GR12 | Thrake |
| GR13 | Krete |
| GR14 | Nesoi Aigaiou |
Note
The dictionary used for the Greek to English translation is:
| Transliterated term | English term |
| agnosto | unknown |
| anemos | wind |
| dieuthynse | direction |
| parelthon | past |
| tachyteta | speed |
| mese | average |
| brochoptose | precipitation |
| diarkeia | duration |
| exatmise | evaporation |
| exatmisodiapnoe | evapotranspiration |
| thermokrasia | temperature |
| edaphous | ground |
| bathos | depth |
| elachiste | min |
| megiste | max |
| piese | pressure |
| semeiake | point |
| chioni | snow |
| ypsometro | elevation |
| stathme | level |
| plemmyra | flood |
| paroche | flow |
| broche | precipitation |
| katastase | condition |
| ektimemene | estimation |
| athroistiko | cumulative |
| stereo | sediment |
| ygrasia | humidity |
| ygro | wet |
| apolyte | absolute |
| schetike | relative |
| asbestio | calcium |
| wetu | precipitation |
| chionobrochometro | snow_rain_gauge |
| xero | dry |
| ydrometrese | flow_gauge |
| thalasses | sea |
| semeio_drosou | dew_point |
| oratoteta | visibility |
| steria | land |
| thalassa | sea |
| barometro | barometer |
| tase_ydratmon | vapour_pressure |
| psychrometro | psychrometer |
| isodynamo_ypsos | water_equivalent |
| agogimoteta | conductance |
| aktinobolia | radiation |
| anthraka | carbon |
| dioxeidio | dioxide |
| ypoloipo | residual |
| argilio | aluminum |
| argilos | clay |
| arseniko | arsenic |
| pyritiou | silicon |
| aera | air |
| nephokalypse | cloud_cover |
| nephose | clouds |
| axiosemeiota | remarkably |
| nephe | clouds |
| kairos | weather |
| diafora | difference |
| atmosfairiki | atmospheric |
| stathera | constant |
| parousa | present |
| parelthousa | past |
| kalymeno | cover |
| el. | min |
| meg. | max |
| skleroteta | hardness |
| eliophaneia | sunshine |
| eisroe_se_tamieuteres | inflow_reservoir |
Examples
if (FALSE) {
# get data from the Ministry of Environment and Energy
kyy_owners <- get_owners("kyy")
kyy_vars <- get_variables("kyy")
owners_names <- hydro_translate(kyy_owners$name, "owner")
vars <- hydro_translate(kyy_vars$descr, "variable")
}