getNWISSample.Rd

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\name{getNWISSample}
\alias{getNWISSample}
\title{Import NWIS Sample Data for EGRET analysis}
\usage{
getNWISSample(siteNumber, parameterCd, startDate, endDate, interactive = TRUE)
}
\arguments{
\item{siteNumber}{string USGS site number.  This is usually an 8 digit number}

\item{parameterCd}{string USGS parameter code.  This is usually an 5 digit number.}

\item{startDate}{string starting date for data retrieval in the form YYYY-MM-DD.}

\item{endDate}{string ending date for data retrieval in the form YYYY-MM-DD.}

\item{interactive}{logical Option for interactive mode.  If true, there is user interaction for error handling and data checks.}
}
\value{
Sample dataframe
}
\description{
Imports data from NWIS web service. This function gets the data from here: \url{http://nwis.waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/qwdata/}
A list of parameter codes can be found here: \url{http://nwis.waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/pmcodes/}
A list of statistic codes can be found here: \url{http://nwis.waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/help/?read_file=stat&format=table}
For raw data, use getQWData.  This function will retrieve the raw data, and compress it (summing constituents). See
section 3.4 of the vignette for more details.
}
\examples{
# These examples require an internet connection to run
Sample_01075 <- getNWISSample('01594440','01075', '1985-01-01', '1985-03-31')
Sample_All2 <- getNWISSample('05114000',c('00915','00931'), '1985-01-01', '1985-03-31')
Sample_Select <- getNWISSample('05114000',c('00915','00931'), '', '')
}
\seealso{
\code{\link{compressData}}, \code{\link{populateSampleColumns}}, , \code{\link{getNWISSample}}
}
\keyword{USGS}
\keyword{WRTDS}
\keyword{data}
\keyword{import}