getSnotel v2.3.0

17 July 2017

Author: Gunnar Leffler

PURPOSE:

This utility queries SNOTEL data from the NRCS web service and outputs SHEF.

USAGE:

REALTIME:

getSnotel <NRCS Snotel ID> <state code> <local station id> <SHEF physical element codes> <Query Days>

DAILY:

getSnotel daily <NRCS Snotel ID> <state code> <local station id> <SHEF physical element codes> <Query Days>

The SHEF PE codes can be in any order. Codes currently supported:

• SW - Snow Water Equivalent
• SD - Snow Depth
• PC - Accumulated Precipitation to Date
• TA - Current Air Temperature
• TM - Average Temperature
• TX - Maximum Temperature
• TN - Minimum Temperature

output is piped to Standard Out (STDOUT).

METADATA:

getSnotel metadata <NRCS Snotel ID> <state code> <type>

This returns metadata about a requested snotel station in JSON format

getSnotel reservior <NRCS Snotel ID> <state code> <type>

This returns metadata about a requested reservoir in JSON format

FORECAST:

getSnotel forecast

EXAMPLES:

REALTIME : getSnotel 302 OR ANRO SWSDPCTATMTXTN 3days
DAILY    : getSnotel daily 302 OR ANRO SWSDPCTATMTXTN 3days
METADATA : getSnotel metadata 304 OR SNTL
RESERVOIR: getSnotel reservoir 06641500 WY BOR
FORECAST : getSnotel forecast 14362000 OR APLO SRVO APR-JUL 90DAYS