/Shiny_ClimateExplorer

A web app built on R's Shiny and rnoaa libraries to explore the GHCN climatology data for individual stations

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Shiny Climate Explorer

Analyze GHCN climatological data at individual stations

Shiny_ClimateExplorer dualmode

Explore GHCN Stations

Shiny_ClimateExplorer dualmode

Download & Installation

Latest Code on GitHub

You can also use the following link to access the git repository:

  • Git Repository:

The git repository can be found at: https://github.com/awentland90/Shiny_ClimateExplorer

Get it using the following command:

    $ git clone git://github.com/awentland90/Shiny_ClimateExplorer.git

  • Run Locally:

    To run on your local machine, paste the following code into the R console:

    install.packages(c("shiny", "leaflet", "rnoaa"), repos="http://cran.rstudio.com/")
library(shiny)
runGitHub("Shiny_ClimateExplorer", "awentland90")

  • NOAA/NCDC API Key:

    You will need an API key to utilize the ncdc function from the rnoaa library. You can register (free) for a key here:

    NCDC API Token Request

    I personally put the key in my .bash_profile:

    export NOAA_KEY="API_key_here"

    You can find other options for using the key on the rnoaa github page here:

    rnoaa NCDC Authentication

Citations

  • Global Historical Climatology Network (GHCN)

    Menne, M.J., I. Durre, B. Korzeniewski, S. McNeal, K. Thomas, X. Yin, S. Anthony, R. Ray,

    R.S. Vose, B.E.Gleason, and T.G. Houston, 2012

    Global Historical Climatology Network - Daily (GHCN-Daily), Version 3.

    NOAA National Climatic Data Center. http://doi.org/10.7289/V5D21VHZ

  • rnoaa (R library)

    Scott Chamberlain (NA). rnoaa: 'NOAA' Weather Data from R.

    R package version 0.6.6. https://github.com/ropensci/rnoaa

  • Leaflet (R library)

    Joe Cheng and Yihui Xie (2016). leaflet: Create Interactive Web Maps

    with the JavaScript 'Leaflet' Library. R package version 1.0.1.

    https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=leaflet