get_available_imagery function

Get a List of Available BOM Satellite Imagery

Fetch a listing of BOM GeoTIFF satellite imagery from ftp://ftp.bom.gov.au/anon/gen/gms/ to determine which files are currently available for download. Files are available at ten minute update frequency with a 24-hour delete time. It is useful to know the most recent files available and then specify in the get_satellite_imagery()

function. Ported from list("bomrang").

get_available_imagery(product_id = "all")

Arguments

• product_id: Character. BOM product ID of interest for which a list of available images will be returned. Defaults to all images currently available.

Returns

A vector of all available files for the requested Product ID(s).

Details

Valid BOM satellite Product IDs for GeoTIFF files include:

• IDE00420: AHI cloud cover only 2km FD GEOS GIS
• IDE00421: AHI IR (Ch13) greyscale 2km FD GEOS GIS
• IDE00422: AHI VIS (Ch3) greyscale 2km FD GEOS GIS
• IDE00423: AHI IR (Ch13) Zehr 2km FD GEOS GIS
• IDE00425: AHI VIS (true colour) / IR (Ch13 greyscale) composite 1km FD GEOS GIS
• IDE00426: AHI VIS (true colour) / IR (Ch13 greyscale) composite 2km FD GEOS GIS
• IDE00427: AHI WV (Ch8) 2km FD GEOS GIS
• IDE00430: AHI cloud cover only 2km AUS equirect. GIS
• IDE00431: AHI IR (Ch13) greyscale 2km AUS equirect. GIS
• IDE00432: AHI VIS (Ch3) greyscale 2km AUS equirect. GIS
• IDE00433: AHI IR (Ch13) Zehr 2km AUS equirect. GIS
• IDE00435: AHI VIS (true colour) / IR (Ch13 greyscale) composite 1km AUS equirect. GIS
• IDE00436: AHI VIS (true colour) / IR (Ch13 greyscale) composite 2km AUS equirect. GIS
• IDE00437: AHI WV (Ch8) 2km AUS equirect. GIS
• IDE00439: AHI VIS (Ch3) greyscale 0.5km AUS equirect. GIS

Examples

# Check availability of AHI VIS (true colour) / IR (Ch13 greyscale) composite
# 1km FD GEOS GIS images
imagery <- get_available_imagery(product_id = "IDE00425")

imagery

References

Australian Bureau of Meteorology (BOM ) high-definition satellite images http://www.bom.gov.au/australia/satellite/index.shtml

See Also

Other BOM: find_forecast_towns(), get_ag_bulletin(), get_available_radar(), get_coastal_forecast(), get_precis_forecast(), get_radar_imagery(), get_satellite_imagery(), parse_ag_bulletin(), parse_coastal_forecast(), parse_precis_forecast()

Other metadata: find_forecast_towns(), find_nearby_stations(), find_stations_in(), get_available_radar(), get_dpird_availability(), get_stations_metadata()

Author(s)

Adam H. Sparks, [email protected]