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getRad

Download Radar Data for Biological Research

v0.3.0 · Jun 11, 2026 · MIT + file LICENSE

Description

Load polar volume and vertical profile data for aeroecological research directly into R. With 'getRad' you can access data from several sources in Europe and the US and standardize it to facilitate further exploration in tools such as 'bioRad'.

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r-devel-windows-x86_64 OK
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ERROR r-patched-linux-x86_64

tests

Running ‘testthat.R’ [189s/301s]
Running the tests in ‘tests/testthat.R’ failed.
Complete output:
  > # This file is part of the standard setup for testthat.
  > # It is recommended that you do not modify it.
  > #
  > # Where should you do additional test configuration?
  > # Learn more about the roles of various files in:
  > # * https://r-pkgs.org/testing-design.html#sec-tests-files-overview
  > # * https://testthat.r-lib.org/articles/special-files.html
  > 
  > library(testthat)
  > library(getRad)
  > 
  > test_check("getRad")
  /home/hornik/tmp/scratch/RtmpFtnq2y/KABX20260623_204156_V062777a734d76c61: Success
  Saving _problems/test-get_pvol_at-31.R
  [ FAIL 1 | WARN 0 | SKIP 80 | PASS 87 ]
  
  ══ Skipped tests (80) ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
  • No local converter for Dutch data installed. As a consequence loading can't
    be tested. (1): 'test-get_pvol_nl.R:2:3'
  • No local data present for testing local read from dark ecology. (1):
    'test-
...[truncated]...
,
    'test-get_vpts_local_aloft.R:3:3', 'test-get_vpts_rmi.R:2:3',
    'test-get_vpts_rmi.R:23:3', 'test-get_vpts_rmi.R:67:3',
    'test-get_vpts_rmi.R:89:3', 'test-get_vpts_rmi.R:104:3',
    'test-get_weather_radars.R:21:3', 'test-get_weather_radars.R:26:3',
    'test-get_weather_radars.R:35:3', 'test-get_weather_radars.R:88:3',
    'test-get_weather_radars.R:133:3', 'test-get_weather_radars.R:178:3',
    'test-get_weather_radars.R:196:3', 'test-get_weather_radars.R:238:3',
    'test-get_weather_radars.R:269:3', 'test-utils-rmi.R:1:1',
    'test-utils.R:21:3'
  
  ══ Failed tests ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
  ── Failure ('test-get_pvol_at.R:31:3'): hochficht can be combined with other radars ──
  Expected every element of `purrr::map_lgl(pvol_lst, inherits, "pvol")` to equal TRUE.
  Differences:
  `actual`:   TRUE TRUE FALSE
  `expected`: TRUE TRUE TRUE 
  
  
  [ FAIL 1 | WARN 0 | SKIP 80 | PASS 87 ]
  Error:
  ! Test failures.
  Execution halted

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ERROR 10 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 3 ERROR · 0 FAILURE Jun 25, 2026
ERROR r-devel-linux-x86_64-debian-gcc

tests

Running ‘testthat.R’ [135s/206s]
Running the tests in ‘tests/testthat.R’ failed.
Complete output:
  > # This file is part of the standard setup for testthat.
  > # It is recommended that you do not modify it.
  > #
  > # Where should you do additiona
...[truncated]...
ted every element of `purrr::map_lgl(pvol_lst, inherits, "pvol")` to equal TRUE.
  Differences:
  `actual`:   TRUE TRUE FALSE
  `expected`: TRUE TRUE TRUE 
  
  
  [ FAIL 1 | WARN 0 | SKIP 80 | PASS 87 ]
  Error:
  ! Test failures.
  Execution halted
ERROR r-devel-windows-x86_64

tests

Running 'testthat.R' [272s]
Running the tests in 'tests/testthat.R' failed.
Complete output:
  > # This file is part of the standard setup for testthat.
  > # It is recommended that you do not modify it.
  > #
  > # Where should you do additional tes
...[truncated]...
ted every element of `purrr::map_lgl(pvol_lst, inherits, "pvol")` to equal TRUE.
  Differences:
  `actual`:   TRUE TRUE FALSE
  `expected`: TRUE TRUE TRUE 
  
  
  [ FAIL 1 | WARN 0 | SKIP 81 | PASS 86 ]
  Error:
  ! Test failures.
  Execution halted
ERROR r-patched-linux-x86_64

tests

Running ‘testthat.R’ [189s/301s]
Running the tests in ‘tests/testthat.R’ failed.
Complete output:
  > # This file is part of the standard setup for testthat.
  > # It is recommended that you do not modify it.
  > #
  > # Where should you do additiona
...[truncated]...
ted every element of `purrr::map_lgl(pvol_lst, inherits, "pvol")` to equal TRUE.
  Differences:
  `actual`:   TRUE TRUE FALSE
  `expected`: TRUE TRUE TRUE 
  
  
  [ FAIL 1 | WARN 0 | SKIP 80 | PASS 87 ]
  Error:
  ! Test failures.
  Execution halted
OK 13 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE Jun 22, 2026
ERROR 12 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 1 ERROR · 0 FAILURE Jun 19, 2026
ERROR r-oldrel-windows-x86_64

tests

Running 'testthat.R' [429s]
Running the tests in 'tests/testthat.R' failed.
Complete output:
  > # This file is part of the standard setup for testthat.
  > # It is recommended that you do not modify it.
  > #
  > # Where should you do additional tes
...[truncated]...
         │ │     └─base (local) doTryCatch(return(expr), name, parentenv, handler)
   22.           │ └─base::force(expr)
   23.           └─rlang::abort(...)
  
  [ FAIL 1 | WARN 0 | SKIP 81 | PASS 86 ]
  Error:
  ! Test failures.
  Execution halted
OK 13 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE Jun 13, 2026
ERROR 11 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 1 ERROR · 0 FAILURE Apr 27, 2026
ERROR r-release-macos-arm64

tests

Running ‘testthat.R’ [50s/218s]
Running the tests in ‘tests/testthat.R’ failed.
Complete output:
  > # This file is part of the standard setup for testthat.
  > # It is recommended that you do not modify it.
  > #
  > # Where should you do additional
...[truncated]...
rce(code)
    9.     └─httr2::req_perform(...)
   10.       └─httr2:::handle_resp(req, resp, error_call = error_call)
   11.         └─rlang::cnd_signal(resp)
  
  [ FAIL 1 | WARN 0 | SKIP 68 | PASS 65 ]
  Error:
  ! Test failures.
  Execution halted
OK 14 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE Mar 16, 2026
ERROR 13 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 1 ERROR · 0 FAILURE Mar 12, 2026
ERROR r-devel-linux-x86_64-fedora-clang

package dependencies

Package required but not available: ‘bioRad’

Package suggested but not available for checking: ‘rhdf5’

See section ‘The DESCRIPTION file’ in the ‘Writing R Extensions’
manual.
OK 14 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE Mar 10, 2026

Reverse Dependencies (1)

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Dependency Network

Dependencies Reverse dependencies bioRad cachem cli dplyr glue httr2 lubridate purrr rlang tibble vroom withr xml2 bioRad getRad

Version History

7 tracked
updated 0.3.0 ← 0.2.4 diff Jun 11, 2026
new 0.2.4 Mar 10, 2026
updated 0.2.4 ← 0.2.3 diff Dec 9, 2025
updated 0.2.3 ← 0.2.2 diff Oct 13, 2025
updated 0.2.2 ← 0.2.1 diff Sep 28, 2025
updated 0.2.1 ← 0.2.0 diff Aug 24, 2025
new 0.2.0 Jul 15, 2025