Return a data frame mapping the available weather variables to their 'pretty' names, their descriptions, and their SILO codes and identifier names. (See also https://www.longpaddock.qld.gov.au/silo/about/climate-variables/)
Examples
weather_variables()
#> variable_name
#> 1 rainfall
#> 2 min_temp
#> 3 max_temp
#> 4 humidity_tmin
#> 5 humidity_tmax
#> 6 solar_exposure
#> 7 mean_sea_level_pressure
#> 8 vapour_pressure
#> 9 vapour_pressure_deficit
#> 10 evaporation
#> 11 evaporation_morton_lake
#> 12 evapotranspiration_fao56
#> 13 evapotranspiration_asce
#> 14 evapotranspiration_morton_areal
#> 15 evapotranspiration_morton_point
#> 16 evapotranspiration_morton_wet
#> pretty_name
#> 1 Rainfall (mm)
#> 2 Minimum Temperature (degC)
#> 3 Maximum Temperature (degC)
#> 4 Relative Humidity at Minimum Temperature (%)
#> 5 Relative Humidity at Maximum Temperature (%)
#> 6 Solar Exposure (MJ/m2)
#> 7 Mean Pressure at Sea Level (hPa)
#> 8 Vapour Pressure (hPa)
#> 9 Vapour Pressure Deficit (hPa)
#> 10 Evaporation (mm)
#> 11 Morton's Shallow Lake Evaporation (mm)
#> 12 FAO56 Short Crop Evapotranspiration (mm)
#> 13 ASCE Tall Crop Evapotranspiration (mm)
#> 14 Morton's Areal Actual Evapotranspiration (mm)
#> 15 Morton's Point Potential Evapotranspiration (mm)
#> 16 Morton's Wet-environment Areal Potential Evapotranspiration (mm)
#> description
#> 1 Daily rainfall (mm)
#> 2 Minimum temperature (degrees Celsius)
#> 3 Maximum temperature (degrees Celsius)
#> 4 Relative humidity at time of minimum temperature (%)
#> 5 Relative humidity at time of maximum temperature (%)
#> 6 Solar exposure (MJ/m2)
#> 7 Mean pressure at sea level (hPa)
#> 8 Vapour pressure (hPa)
#> 9 Vapour pressure deficit (hPa)
#> 10 Class A pan evaporation [synthetic estimate for pre-1970] (mm)
#> 11 Morton's shallow lake evaporation (mm)
#> 12 FAO56 short crop evapotranspiration (mm)
#> 13 ASCE tall crop evapotranspiration (mm)
#> 14 Morton's areal actual evapotranspiration (mm)
#> 15 Morton's point potential evapotranspiration (mm)
#> 16 Morton's wet-environment areal potential evapotranspiration (mm)
#> silo_name silo_code
#> 1 daily_rain R
#> 2 min_temp N
#> 3 max_temp X
#> 4 rh_tmin G
#> 5 rh_tmax H
#> 6 radiation J
#> 7 mslp M
#> 8 vp V
#> 9 vp_deficit D
#> 10 evap_comb C
#> 11 evap_morton_lake L
#> 12 et_short_crop F
#> 13 et_tall_crop T
#> 14 et_morton_actual A
#> 15 et_morton_potential P
#> 16 et_morton_wet W