get_params.RdSet up various parameters needed by many of the data extraction and plotting functions
get_params(start_date, end_date, input_file, var_names)The date from which to start data extraction, in any format accepted by get_chron_date(). Can be any of: c(year, month, day) c(year, month, day, hour) POSIX date (e.g., as.Date('1970-01-01', origin='1970-01-01')) chron date character format, e.g. '1970-01-01'
The end date of the data extraction request, as above.
The URI or filename from which to extract data, in any format accepted by substitute_filename(), or "menu" or "catalog".
A list of eReefs variable names for which to extract data.
list of parameter values that includes: input_file, the input filename, after transformation by substitute_filename() ereefs_case, information about the format of the input file, as output by get)ereefs_case() input_stem, the 'stem' of the filename in case the parent function needs to dynamically calculate filenames from an example netcdf filename. start_date, start_date transformed to a chron date start_day, the day of the month in start_date start_tod, the time of day in start_date (0.5 if not given) start_month, the integer month of the year in start_date start_year, the integer year in start_date end_date, end_date transformed to a chron date end_day, the day of the month in end_date end_tod, the time of day in end_date (0.5 if not given) end_month, the integer month of the year in end_date end_year, the integer year in end_date mths, a vector of months for which to extract data years, a vector of years for which to extract data var_list, a list of variable names in var_names ereefs_origin, the origin date specified for Julian dates in the netcdf file (assumed to be 1990-01-01 if not specified) blank_length, for use in initiatisng variables to be populated with extracted data ds, a date-time vector for extracted data latitude, an array of latitudes matching the format of the input file longitude, an array of longitudes