R Observatory: Metrics for RMETAR version 1.0

Balamuta, James Joseph

doi:10.5281/zenodo.21843040

This package was removed from CRAN on 2013-09-20. Its history is shown below.

Reason: basic C error stopping installation on OS X was not corrected within 6 weeks

Details below reflect version 1.0, its last release before removal.

RMETAR

1.0

Functionality to extract weather information from METAR reports.

0packages depend

–downloads / year

–test coverage

–checks pass

Overview

About

Maintained by Jan Wijffels1 releasesCRAN page ↗

Functions to extract weather information from METAR reports (Aviation Routine Weather Reports). Using the METAR Decoder Software Package Library (mdsplib) which is provided by the National Weather Service.

Install

R (source archive)

url <- "https://cran.r-project.org/src/contrib/Archive/RMETAR/RMETAR_1.0.tar.gz"
pkgFile <- "RMETAR_1.0.tar.gz"
download.file(url, pkgFile)
install.packages(pkgFile, type = "source", repos = NULL)

This package is no longer on CRAN, so install.packages() cannot fetch it by name. This downloads the last archived source (1.0) and builds it locally. Install its dependencies first, and note that building from source needs the usual compiler toolchain.

Health

CRAN checks

CRAN check results are not tracked yet.

Code health

Yes

Tests · ratio 0.03

not tracked

Coverage

100%

Documentation · exports

0

Dependencies · direct

Documentation

READMENoVignettesNopkgdown siteNoNEWSYes · 33% structuredCode of conductNoContributing guideNo

Examples that run: 100%
Documented parameters: 100%
Return-value docs: 100%
References docs: 0%

Downloads

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Dependencies

Declared dependencies

3 external dependencies (excludes base and recommended)

Depends (0)

none

Imports (0)

none

LinkingTo (0)

none

Suggests (3)

ff ffbase testthat

Enhances (0)

none

Dependency license breakdown →

Reverse dependencies

0direct

–indirect (not tracked)

Nothing depends on this yet.

Code & Tests

People & History

People (2)

Maintainer (1)

Jan Wijffels

Author, Maintainer, Copyright holder

Authors (1)

Jan Wijffels

Author, Maintainer, Copyright holder

Copyright holders (2)

Jan Wijffels

Author, Maintainer, Copyright holder

Eric McCarthy

Copyright holder

Package Timeline

1 release. R releases are shown for context.

R
R 3.1.0 released · 2014-04-10
archivedRemoved from CRAN
2013-09-20
basic C error stopping installation on OS X was not corrected within 6 weeks
1.0
2013-07-25
R
R 3.0.0 released · 2013-04-03

Package metadata

Total releases: 1
License: LGPL-2.1 OSI
Download size: not tracked yet
Installed size: not tracked yet
With dependencies: not tracked yet

Cite

Cite this package

Run in R for the authors' preferred citation:

citation("RMETAR")

Format

Wijffels, J., & McCarthy, E. (n.d.). RMETAR: Functionality to extract weather information from METAR reports. (Version 1.0) [Computer software]. Retrieved August 13, 2026, from https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=RMETAR

This is what citation() produces when a package has no citation file of its own. If it prints something else, use that.

Cite the R Observatory

For a number measured here: a download total, a coverage figure, an archival date.

Format

APA

Balamuta, J. J. (2026). R Observatory: Metrics for RMETAR version 1.0 [Data set]. HJJB, LLC. Data release v2026-08-11. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21843040

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