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troyhill / parseMonthlyLCD.R

Last active November 25, 2015 22:09

Code parses monthly National Climatic Data Center Local Climatological Data reports (downloaded as .txt files)

	### Script to parse NCDC LCD comma-separated .txt files
	parseMonthlyLCD <- function(txt_list) {
	# function takes a vector of comma separated filenames for NCDC LCD data (https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/IPS/lcd/lcd.html)
	# returns a summary of monthly meteorological data
	# this seems to work at least back to 2009, but NCDC formatting is inconsistent, so use this code with caution

	# usage example:
	# download .txt files from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/IPS/lcd/lcd.html
	# input_files <- list.files(path = "C:/RDATA/NCDC/NewOrleans/2013", full.names = TRUE, pattern = ".txt") # find .txts in a directory
	# parseMonthlyLCD(input_files)

troyhill / NCDC_pdfToR.R

Created September 16, 2015 13:57

Import annual NCDC local climatological data report pdfs to R

	NCDC_combine <- function(pdfFiles, pdfToText = "C:\\Program Files\\xpdfbin-win-3.04\\bin64\\pdftotext.exe") {
	# get pdftotxt from ftp://ftp.foolabs.com/pub/xpdf/xpdfbin-win-3.04.zip
	# get NCDC Local Climatological Data annual summary pdfs from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/IPS/lcd/lcd.html
	combineWords <- function(input, terms = 9, n = 3, spacer = "_", spacerIn = " ") {
	# function takes a vector of words with spaces (input), and returns some number of terms (terms),
	# on the basis of combining sequences of n words
	splitTerms <- strsplit(input, spacerIn)[[1]] # individual words
	starts <- seq(from = 1, to = length(splitTerms), by = n) # start of new terms
	for (i in 1:(length(starts))) {
	tmpName <- paste(splitTerms[starts[i]:(starts[i] + n - 1)], collapse = spacer)

troyhill / TopCon_conversion.R

Last active October 21, 2020 15:46

convert Topcon total station data to known coordinates (e.g., lat/long; northing/easting)

	# install.packages("plyr")
	library(plyr)

	#####
	# User inputs
	#
	# data should be the raw TopConLink output of the points tab from the "measurement" file
	tsData <- read.delim("C:/RDATA/surveying/data_150526SWD.txt", header=TRUE, sep = "\t", na.strings=".")

	# the TSObs dataset is needed to convert between total station orientations

troyhill / profilePlot.R

Created May 21, 2015 22:05

code for panel graphics

	### code to make decent-looking, simple panel graphics

	profilePlot <- function(xdata = dated$OM.pct, ydata = dated$midpoint, siteList = dated$site,
	xlabel = "Organic matter content (decimal fraction)",
	ylabel = "depth (cm)",
	rowNos = 4, colNos = 4,
	xTiers = 1,
	filename = "OM_profiles.png",
	figylims = c(80, 0),
	figxlims = c(0, 0.8)

troyhill / noaa_datums.R

Last active August 29, 2015 13:58

Brings vertical datums associated with NOAA CO-OPS stations into R.

	### Important note: I'm no longer maintaining this gist, since this code is incorporated into the
	### VulnToolkit package.
	### Because it's not being maintained, the code below might not work. The latest, updated version
	###is available at https://github.com/troyhill/VulnToolkit/blob/master/R/noaa_datums.R



	### Input argument is a single NOAA station number. See http://co-ops.nos.noaa.gov/stations.html?type=Water+Levels
	### Output is a dataframe with a row for each elevation datum listed for the station.
	### Results are in meters and calculated over the 1983-2001 epoch.

troyhill / vuln_toolkit.R

Last active August 29, 2015 13:57

	### Important note: I'm no longer maintaining this gist, since this code is incorporated into the
	### VulnToolkit package.
	### Because it's not being maintained, the code below might not work. The latest, updated version
	### is available at https://github.com/troyhill/VulnToolkit/blob/master/R/vuln_kit.R



	### Code to transform tidal data to a set of resources to evaluate vulnerability to sea level rise
	###
	### Required arguments:

troyhill / harcon.R

Last active August 29, 2015 13:57

R function to scrape data on harmonic constituent data for a NOAA CO-OPS tide station.

	### Important note: I'm no longer maintaining this gist, since this code is incorporated into the
	### VulnToolkit package.
	### Because it's not being maintained, the code below might not work. The latest, updated version
	### is available at https://github.com/troyhill/VulnToolkit/blob/master/R/harcon.R



	### Input argument is a single NOAA station number. See http://co-ops.nos.noaa.gov/stations.html?type=Water+Levels
	### Output is a dataframe with a row for each harmonic constituent, and columns for
	### each station's amplitude, phase, and speed.

troyhill / number.tides.R

Last active December 19, 2015 18:18

An R function to create columns with sequential tide numbers (for whole tidal cycles, flood, and ebb tides)

	### Important note: I'm no longer maintaining this gist, since this code is incorporated into the
	### VulnToolkit package.
	### Because it's not being maintained, the code below might not work. The latest, updated version
	### is available at:
	### https://github.com/troyhill/VulnToolkit/blob/master/R/number_tides.R



	### function to number tides and insert tide numbers (for whole tidal cycles, flood, and ebb tides)
	### in high-frequency dataset.

troyhill / HL.plot.R

Last active December 17, 2015 03:08

A function to allow visual examination of the high and low tides found by function HL()

	### Important note: I'm no longer maintaining this gist, since this code is incorporated into the
	### VulnToolkit package.
	### Because it's not being maintained, the code below might not work. The latest, updated version
	### is available at https://github.com/troyhill/VulnToolkit/blob/master/R/HL_plot.R



	### Function to visually examine high and low tides found by function HL()
	### Arguments are the same as for HL()
	###

troyhill / HL_function.R

Last active December 16, 2015 19:59

R function to pick out high and low tides from a dataset of tidal water levels

	### Important note: I'm no longer maintaining this gist, since this code is incorporated into the
	### VulnToolkit package.
	### Because it's not being maintained, the code below might not work. The latest, updated version
	### is available at https://github.com/troyhill/VulnToolkit/blob/master/R/HL.r



	### Function to pick out high and low tides from a dataset of tidal water levels
	###
	### Arguments:

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