[R] rNOMAD package

[Roy Mendelssohn - NOAA Federal]

Hi Philip:

Both 'ncdf4' and 'Rnetcdf' should be able to download data using OPeNDAP.  That the package is using OPeNDAP is transparent to the user,  other than the fact that the "file" is an URL.  Extracts are just like reading a netCDF file using these packages,  so you may have to spend some time learning how to do that.

It is possible that 'tidnyNC' can also do OPeNDAP,  I am just not certain that.

-Roy

> On Aug 13, 2020, at 8:59 AM, Philip <herd_dog using cox.net> wrote:
> 
> Daniel Bowman wrote a wonderful package to access National Weather Service data with R.
> 
> Unfortunately I stuck trying to download archived Rapid Update Forecasts (RAP) going back into 2016.  I have been poking around on the Internet for days but keep getting recycled to three or four websites that assume a certain level of background knowledge that I don’t have.  It has something to do with OPenDAP (Data Access Protocol) which is a piece of software to grab data over the Internet.
> 
> Can someone give me some direction?
> 
> Thanks,
> Philip
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