diff --git a/inst/doc/dataRetrieval.R b/inst/doc/dataRetrieval.R
index 1eb78388f37fbefb4a1c8a54a9805ab7233be7f5..93d31e60ea5a89710b478137fb032a85f273b896 100644
--- a/inst/doc/dataRetrieval.R
+++ b/inst/doc/dataRetrieval.R
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ temperatureAndFlow <- readNWISdv(siteNumber, parameterCd,
## ----label=renameColumns, echo=TRUE-----------------------
names(temperatureAndFlow)
-temperatureAndFlow <- renameColumns(temperatureAndFlow)
+temperatureAndFlow <- renameNWISColumns(temperatureAndFlow)
names(temperatureAndFlow)
## ----getNWIStemperaturePlot, echo=TRUE, fig.cap="Temperature and discharge plot of Choptank River in 2012.",out.width='1\\linewidth',out.height='1\\linewidth',fig.show='hold'----
diff --git a/inst/doc/dataRetrieval.Rnw b/inst/doc/dataRetrieval.Rnw
index 559db31e30cc7bd8994897b5d9ab02484772eeb8..8dea3c455e9864b7aaf3b5be60b7ceaf0881fad8 100644
--- a/inst/doc/dataRetrieval.Rnw
+++ b/inst/doc/dataRetrieval.Rnw
@@ -472,12 +472,12 @@ temperatureAndFlow <- readNWISdv(siteNumber, parameterCd,
Daily data is pulled from \url{http://waterservices.usgs.gov/rest/DV-Test-Tool.html}.
-The column names can be automatically adjusted based on the parameter and statistic codes using the \texttt{renameColumns} function. This is not necessary, but may be useful when analyzing the data.
+The column names can be automatically adjusted based on the parameter and statistic codes using the \texttt{renameNWISColumns} function. This is not necessary, but may be useful when analyzing the data.
<<label=renameColumns, echo=TRUE>>=
names(temperatureAndFlow)
-temperatureAndFlow <- renameColumns(temperatureAndFlow)
+temperatureAndFlow <- renameNWISColumns(temperatureAndFlow)
names(temperatureAndFlow)
@
diff --git a/inst/doc/dataRetrieval.pdf b/inst/doc/dataRetrieval.pdf
index e9d3db2a04bf4733066be9b610521213eeb957dc..c9af79fee51cf7b0de046e44b28bb97353c626ef 100644
Binary files a/inst/doc/dataRetrieval.pdf and b/inst/doc/dataRetrieval.pdf differ
diff --git a/man/readNWISgwl.Rd b/man/readNWISgwl.Rd
index 8648389458c339697a669e4139b260f374d0272d..4ee53c4e5296deccbc1c2f07365725c32ce8c0f6 100644
--- a/man/readNWISgwl.Rd
+++ b/man/readNWISgwl.Rd
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@
\alias{readNWISgwl}
\title{Reads groundwater level measurements from NWISweb.}
\usage{
-readNWISgwl(siteNumber, startDate = "", endDate = "")
+readNWISgwl(siteNumbers, startDate = "", endDate = "")
}
\arguments{
-\item{siteNumber}{string USGS site number. This is usually an 8 digit number}
+\item{siteNumbers}{string USGS site number (or multiple sites). This is usually an 8 digit number}
\item{startDate}{string starting date for data retrieval in the form YYYY-MM-DD.}
@@ -19,5 +19,7 @@ depending on the year that the data was collected.
\examples{
siteNumber <- "434400121275801"
data <- readNWISgwl(siteNumber, '','')
+sites <- c("434400121275801", "375907091432201")
+data2 <- readNWISgwl(sites, '','')
}
diff --git a/man/readNWISuv.Rd b/man/readNWISuv.Rd
index 9dbc2bef58b61094775dc2661926811919ed106e..de806e3af5acadbf75b2fd2fe7cdfa0063f80483 100644
--- a/man/readNWISuv.Rd
+++ b/man/readNWISuv.Rd
@@ -3,10 +3,11 @@
\alias{readNWISuv}
\title{Raw Data Import for Instantaneous USGS NWIS Data}
\usage{
-readNWISuv(siteNumber, parameterCd, startDate = "", endDate = "", tz = "")
+readNWISuv(siteNumbers, parameterCd, startDate = "", endDate = "",
+ tz = "")
}
\arguments{
-\item{siteNumber}{string USGS site number. This is usually an 8 digit number}
+\item{siteNumbers}{string USGS site number (or multiple sites). This is usually an 8 digit number}
\item{parameterCd}{string USGS parameter code. This is usually an 5 digit number.}
diff --git a/man/renameColumns.Rd b/man/renameColumns.Rd
deleted file mode 100644
index c8ca1e9dd7c489e7b407999e8d19b31bd5a22b7f..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/man/renameColumns.Rd
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-% Generated by roxygen2 (4.0.2): do not edit by hand
-\name{renameColumns}
-\alias{renameColumns}
-\title{renameColumns}
-\usage{
-renameColumns(rawData, p00010 = "Wtemp", p00045 = "Precip",
- p00060 = "Flow", p00065 = "GH", p00095 = "SpecCond", p00300 = "DO",
- p00400 = "pH", p62611 = "GWL", p63680 = "Turb", p72019 = "WLBLS", ...)
-}
-\arguments{
-\item{rawData}{dataframe returned from retrieval functions}
-}
-\value{
-rawData dataframe with improved column names
-}
-\description{
-Rename columns coming back from NWIS data retrievals
-}
-\examples{
-siteWithTwo <- '01480015'
-startDate <- "2012-09-01"
-endDate <- "2012-10-01"
-url2 <- constructNWISURL(siteWithTwo, "00060",startDate,endDate,'dv')
-twoResults <- importWaterML1(url2,TRUE)
-twoResults <- renameColumns(twoResults)
-}
-\keyword{USGS}
-\keyword{data}
-\keyword{import}
-\keyword{service}
-\keyword{web}
-
diff --git a/man/renameNWISColumns.Rd b/man/renameNWISColumns.Rd
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e594b37039c3e97763f1d9bc959387eddd4e56c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/man/renameNWISColumns.Rd
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+% Generated by roxygen2 (4.0.2): do not edit by hand
+\name{renameNWISColumns}
+\alias{renameNWISColumns}
+\title{renameColumns}
+\usage{
+renameNWISColumns(rawData, p00010 = "Wtemp", p00045 = "Precip",
+ p00060 = "Flow", p00065 = "GH", p00095 = "SpecCond", p00300 = "DO",
+ p00400 = "pH", p62611 = "GWL", p63680 = "Turb", p72019 = "WLBLS", ...)
+}
+\arguments{
+\item{rawData}{the daily- or unit-values datset retrieved from NWISweb.}
+
+\item{p00010}{the base name for parameter code 00010.}
+
+\item{p00045}{the base name for parameter code 00045.}
+
+\item{p00060}{the base name for parameter code 00060.}
+
+\item{p00065}{the base name for parameter code 00065.}
+
+\item{p00095}{the base name for parameter code 00095.}
+
+\item{p00300}{the base name for parameter code 00300.}
+
+\item{p00400}{the base name for parameter code 00400.}
+
+\item{p62611}{the base name for parameter code 62611.}
+
+\item{p63680}{the base name for parameter code 63680.}
+
+\item{p72019}{the base name for parameter code 72019.}
+
+\item{\dots}{named arguments for the base name for any other parameter code. The
+form of the name must be like pXXXXX, where XXXXX is the parameter code.}
+}
+\value{
+A dataset like \code{data} with selected columns renamed.
+}
+\description{
+Rename columns coming back from NWIS data retrievals. Daily and unit value columns
+have names derived from their data descriptor, parameter, and statistic codes. This
+function reads information from the header and the arguments in the call to
+to rename those columns.
+}
+\note{
+The following statistics codes are converted by \code{renameNWISColumns}. See
+\url{http://help.waterdata.usgs.gov/stat_cd_nm} for information about USGS statistics codes.
+\describe{
+\item{00001}{Maximum value, suffix: Max}
+\item{00002}{Minimum value, suffix: Min}
+\item{00003}{Mean value, no suffix}
+\item{00006}{Sum of values, suffix: Sum}
+\item{00007}{Modal value, suffix: Mode}
+\item{00008}{Median value, suffix: Median}
+\item{00011}{Instantaneous Value, suffix: Inst}
+\item{00012}{Equivalent mean value, suffix: EqMean}
+\item{00021}{Tidal high-high value, suffix: HiHiTide}
+\item{00022}{Tidal low-high value, suffix: LoHiTide}
+\item{00023}{Tidal high-low value, suffix: HiLoTide}
+\item{00024}{Tidal low-low value, suffix: LoLoTide}
+}
+}
+\examples{
+siteWithTwo <- '01480015'
+startDate <- "2012-09-01"
+endDate <- "2012-10-01"
+url2 <- constructNWISURL(siteWithTwo, "00060",startDate,endDate,'dv')
+twoResults <- importWaterML1(url2,TRUE)
+twoResults <- renameNWISColumns(twoResults)
+}
+\seealso{
+\code{\link{readNWISdv}}, \code{\link{readNWISuv}}
+}
+\keyword{IO}
+\keyword{manip}
+
diff --git a/vignettes/dataRetrieval-concordance.tex b/vignettes/dataRetrieval-concordance.tex
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..6719a33a9b0bb59834d944ce07f4db9fc61a80a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vignettes/dataRetrieval-concordance.tex
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+\Sconcordance{concordance:dataRetrieval.tex:dataRetrieval.Rnw:%
+1 127 1 49 0 1 7 15 1 1 14 45 1 3 0 93 1 2 0 8 1 9 0 %
+24 1 3 0 21 1 4 0 6 1 8 0 18 1 3 0 25 1 1 4 19 1 9 0 %
+6 1 7 0 23 1 7 0 16 1 2 0 11 1 15 0 22 1 9 0 20 1 3 0 %
+6 1 20 0 30 1 38 0 10 1 9 0 40 1 4 0 14 1 4 0 33 1 13 %
+0 39 1 14 0 18 1 2 0 14 1 2 0 24 1 4 0 9 1 14 0 13 1 %
+4 0 14 1 4 0 5 1 4 0 22 1 18 0 8 1 4 0 43 1}