• using R Under development (unstable) (2012-02-23 r58468)
  • using platform: i686-pc-linux-gnu (32-bit)
  • using session charset: UTF-8
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  • this is package ‘RNCEP’ version ‘1.0.3’
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    As from R 2.14.0 all packages need a namespace.
    One will be generated on installation, but it is better to handcraft a
    NAMESPACE file: R CMD build will produce a suitable starting point.
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  • checking installed package size ... OK
  • checking package directory ... OK
  • checking for portable file names ... OK
  • checking for sufficient/correct file permissions ... OK
  • checking DESCRIPTION meta-information ... OK
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  • checking contents of ‘data’ directory ... OK
  • checking data for non-ASCII characters ... OK
  • checking data for ASCII and uncompressed saves ... OK
  • checking examples ... ERROR
    Running examples in ‘RNCEP-Ex.R’ failed
    The error most likely occurred in:

    > ### Name: NCEP.gather
    > ### Title: Queries Weather Data
    > ### Aliases: NCEP.gather gather NCEP.gather.gaussian NCEP.gather.pressure
    > ### NCEP.gather.surface
    >
    > ### ** Examples
    >
    > library(RNCEP)
    > ## Query the temperature from a particular pressure level ##
    > wx.extent1 <- NCEP.gather(variable='air', level=850,
    + months.minmax=c(9,10), years.minmax=c(1996,1997),
    + lat.southnorth=c(50,55), lon.westeast=c(5,10),
    + reanalysis2 = FALSE, return.units = TRUE)
    trying URL 'http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/thredds/dodsC/Datasets/ncep.reanalysis/pressure/air.1996.nc.das'
    Content type 'text/plain; charset=UTF-8' length unknown
    opened URL
    ..
    downloaded 2140 bytes

    trying URL 'http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/thredds/dodsC/Datasets/ncep.reanalysis/pressure/air.1996.nc.ascii?air[976:1219][2][14:16][2:4]'
    Content type 'text/plain; charset=UTF-8' length unknown
    opened URL
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    trying URL 'http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/thredds/dodsC/Datasets/ncep.reanalysis/pressure/air.1997.nc.ascii?air[972:1215][2][14:16][2:4]'
    Content type 'text/plain; charset=UTF-8' length unknown
    opened URL
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    [1] Units of variable 'air' are degK
    >
    > ## Query the temperature at 2 meters altitude with reference to
    > ## the surface
    > wx.extent2 <- NCEP.gather(variable='air.sig995', level='surface',
    + months.minmax=c(2,3), years.minmax=c(2000,2001),
    + lat.southnorth=c(50,55), lon.westeast=c(0,5),
    + reanalysis2 = FALSE, return.units = TRUE)
    trying URL 'http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/thredds/dodsC/Datasets/ncep.reanalysis/surface/air.sig995.2000.nc.das'
    Content type 'text/plain; charset=UTF-8' length unknown
    opened URL
    .
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    trying URL 'http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/thredds/dodsC/Datasets/ncep.reanalysis/surface/air.sig995.2000.nc.ascii?air[124:363][14:16][0:2]'
    Content type 'text/plain; charset=UTF-8' length unknown
    opened URL
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    trying URL 'http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/thredds/dodsC/Datasets/ncep.reanalysis/surface/air.sig995.2001.nc.ascii?air[124:359][14:16][0:2]'
    Content type 'text/plain; charset=UTF-8' length unknown
    opened URL
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    [1] Units of variable 'air.sig995' are degK
    >
    > ## Query the temperature at 2 meters altitude with reference to
    > ## a T62 Gaussian grid
    > wx.extent3 <- NCEP.gather(variable='air.2m', level='gaussian',
    + months.minmax=c(4,5), years.minmax=c(2006,2007),
    + lat.southnorth=c(32,35), lon.westeast=c(-35,-32),
    + reanalysis2 = FALSE, return.units = TRUE)
    trying URL 'http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/thredds/dodsC/Datasets/ncep.reanalysis/surface_gauss/air.2m.gauss.2006.nc.das'
    Content type 'text/plain; charset=UTF-8' length unknown
    opened URL
    .
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    trying URL 'http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/thredds/dodsC/Datasets/ncep.reanalysis/surface_gauss/air.2m.gauss.2006.nc.ascii?air[360:603][28:30][173:175]'
    Content type 'text/plain; charset=UTF-8' length unknown
    opened URL
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    trying URL 'http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/thredds/dodsC/Datasets/ncep.reanalysis/surface_gauss/air.2m.gauss.2007.nc.ascii?air[360:603][28:30][173:175]'
    Content type 'text/plain; charset=UTF-8' length unknown
    opened URL
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    [1] Units of variable 'air.2m' are degK
    >
    > ## Note that the dimnames of the data array indicate the
    > ## latitudes, longitudes, and datetimes of the data. ##
    > dimnames(wx.extent1)
    [[1]]
    [1] "55" "52.5" "50"

    [[2]]
    [1] "5" "7.5" "10"

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    > ## Therefore, the latitudes, longitudes, and datetimes
    > ## can be called. ##
    > dimnames(wx.extent1)[[1]] ## latitudes
    [1] "55" "52.5" "50"
    > dimnames(wx.extent1)[[2]] ## longitudes
    [1] "5" "7.5" "10"
    > dimnames(wx.extent1)[[3]] ## datetimes
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    [57] "1996_09_15_00" "1996_09_15_06" "1996_09_15_12" "1996_09_15_18"
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    >
    > #################################################################
    > #################################################################
    > #################################################################
    > ## THERE ARE MANY OPTIONS FOR CREATING DIFFERENT R OBJECTS
    > ## AND/OR FOR EXPORTING THESE WEATHER DATA.
    > ## HERE ARE A FEW EXAMPLES
    >
    > #########################################################
    > #########################################################
    > ## The data array may be saved directly as an R object ##
    > ## Not run: save(wx.extent, file='wx_extent.Rdata')
    > ## And then later recalled ##
    > ## Not run: load(file='wx_extent.Rdata')
    >
    >
    > ################################################################
    > ################################################################
    > ## Another option is to create a raster object from the array ##
    > ## For more info, see package raster
    > library(raster)
    raster version 1.9-67 (6-February-2012)
    >
    > ## Using the data from a query above ##
    > ## First create a stacked raster object using the first
    > ## layer (i.e. datetime) of the weather data array ##
    > ## Notice the offset of 1.25 degrees (1/2 the spatial resolution)
    > ## to describe the limits of the bounding box not the points
    > ras <- stack(raster(wx.extent1[,,1], crs="+proj=longlat +datum=WGS84",
    + xmn=min(as.numeric(dimnames(wx.extent1)[[2]])) - 1.25,
    + xmx=max(as.numeric(dimnames(wx.extent1)[[2]])) + 1.25,
    + ymn=min(as.numeric(dimnames(wx.extent1)[[1]])) - 1.25,
    + ymx=max(as.numeric(dimnames(wx.extent1)[[1]])) + 1.25))
    >
    > ## Then add each subsequent layer to the raster stack ##
    > for(i in 2:length(dimnames(wx.extent1)[[3]])){
    + ras <- addLayer(ras, raster(wx.extent1[,,i],
    + crs="+proj=longlat +datum=WGS84",
    + xmn=min(as.numeric(dimnames(wx.extent1)[[2]])) - 1.25,
    + xmx=max(as.numeric(dimnames(wx.extent1)[[2]])) + 1.25,
    + ymn=min(as.numeric(dimnames(wx.extent1)[[1]])) - 1.25,
    + ymx=max(as.numeric(dimnames(wx.extent1)[[1]])) + 1.25))
    + }
    Killed