macleish 
The Ada and Archibald MacLeish Field Station is a 260-acre patchwork of forest and farmland located in West Whately, MA that provides opportunities for faculty and students to pursue environmental research, outdoor education, and low-impact recreation.
This R package allows you to download and process weather data using the ETL framework from the MacLeish Field Station. It also contains shapefiles for contextualizing spatial information.
To install
install.packages("macleish")Use 2015 weather data
Weather data from 2015 is available immediately from both the Whately
and Orchard weather stations.
library(macleish)
glimpse(whately_2015)## Rows: 52,560
## Columns: 8
## $ when <dttm> 2015-01-01 00:00:00, 2015-01-01 00:10:00, 2015-01-01…
## $ temperature <dbl> -9.32, -9.46, -9.44, -9.30, -9.32, -9.34, -9.30, -9.1…
## $ wind_speed <dbl> 1.399, 1.506, 1.620, 1.141, 1.223, 1.090, 1.168, 1.30…
## $ wind_dir <dbl> 225.4, 248.2, 258.3, 243.8, 238.4, 241.7, 242.3, 244.…
## $ rel_humidity <dbl> 54.55, 55.38, 56.18, 56.41, 56.87, 57.25, 57.71, 58.1…
## $ pressure <int> 985, 985, 985, 985, 984, 984, 984, 984, 984, 984, 984…
## $ solar_radiation <dbl> 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,…
## $ rainfall <int> 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,…
glimpse(orchard_2015)## Rows: 52,547
## Columns: 9
## $ when <dttm> 2015-01-01 00:00:00, 2015-01-01 00:10:00, 2015-01-01 00…
## $ temperature <dbl> -9.62, -9.45, -9.52, -9.68, -9.56, -9.59, -9.51, -9.70, …
## $ wind_speed <dbl> 0.490, 0.517, 0.576, 0.522, 0.296, 0.382, 0.497, 0.781, …
## $ wind_dir <dbl> 216.3, 209.6, 215.5, 199.3, 186.4, 183.9, 195.6, 210.4, …
## $ rel_humidity <dbl> 61.97, 59.08, 58.69, 58.59, 57.32, 57.58, 56.97, 60.52, …
## $ pressure <dbl> 1020, 1019, 1019, 1019, 1019, 1019, 1019, 1018, 1018, 10…
## $ par_density <dbl> 0.548, 0.548, 0.548, 0.548, 0.548, 0.548, 0.548, 0.548, …
## $ par_total <dbl> 0.088, 0.088, 0.088, 0.088, 0.088, 0.088, 0.088, 0.088, …
## $ rainfall <int> 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,…
Live weather data
Weather readings are logged every 10 minutes. Current and historical
(dating back to 1/3/2012 for whately and 6/27/2014 for orchard)
meteorological readings are available through the
ETL framework. Please see the
documentation for that package for more information about how this
works.
macleish <- etl("macleish")
macleish %>%
etl_update()whately <- macleish %>%
tbl("whately")
whately %>%
mutate(the_year = strftime('%Y', when)) %>%
group_by(the_year) %>%
summarize(N = n(), begin = min(when), end = max(when), avg_temp = mean(temperature))
orchard <- macleish %>%
tbl("orchard")
orchard %>%
mutate(the_year = strftime('%Y', when)) %>%
group_by(the_year) %>%
summarize(N = n(), begin = min(when), end = max(when), avg_temp = mean(temperature))daily <- whately %>%
mutate(the_date = date(when)) %>%
group_by(the_date) %>%
summarize(N = n(), avgTemp = mean(temperature)) %>%
collect()
library(ggplot2)
ggplot(data = daily, aes(x = as.Date(the_date), y = avgTemp)) +
geom_point() + geom_smooth()Maps
Spatial data is available through the macleish_layers data object.
class(macleish_layers)## [1] "list"
names(macleish_layers)## [1] "landmarks" "forests" "streams"
## [4] "challenge_courses" "buildings" "wetlands"
## [7] "boundary" "research" "soil"
## [10] "trails" "camp_sites" "elevation"
library(leaflet)
leaflet() %>%
addTiles() %>%
addPolygons(
data = macleish_layers[["boundary"]],
weight = 1, fillOpacity = 0.1
) %>%
addPolygons(
data = macleish_layers[["buildings"]],
weight = 1, popup = ~ name
) %>%
addPolylines(
data = macleish_layers[["trails"]],
weight = 1, color = "brown",
popup = ~ name
) %>%
addPolylines(
data = macleish_layers[["streams"]],
weight = 2
) %>%
addMarkers(
data = filter(macleish_layers[["landmarks"]], grepl("Met", Label)),
popup = ~Label
)
