Changelog

Source: NEWS.md

getRad (development version)

getRad 0.2.3

CRAN release: 2025-10-14

• Improve error for requesting German data out of temporal restrictions (#131).
• Start using the air formatter (#128).
• Do not fail but rather warn when csv is missing from repository (#136).
• In get_pvol correct where attributes for German data causing incorrect vp heights (#139).

getRad 0.2.2

CRAN release: 2025-09-29

• Support downloading Slovakian polar volume data (#124).
• Add retry attempts to get_weather_radars for NEXRAD to prevent failure (#116).
• Update of NEXRAD url (#118).
• Fix CRAN warning where cache was not cleaned after tests (#122).
• Resolve withr error for Danish radars.

getRad 0.2.1

CRAN release: 2025-08-25

• A bug (#101) in get_vpts() was fixed that caused the function to only return the first day of an interval, regardless of the length of the interval (#105).
• Support downloading Swedish polar volume data (#96).
• Support downloading Romanian polar volume data (#104).
• How attribute is now present in Czech data (#102).
• Use withr to prevent files being left in temporary directories (#98).

getRad 0.2.0

CRAN release: 2025-07-16

• New function get_weather_radars() retrieves metadata for OPERA weather radars (#15, #54).
• New function get_vpts() downloads vertical profile time series from the Aloft bucket and RMI (#10, #53).
• New function get_vpts_coverage() fetches an overview table of the files available on the Aloft bucket (#10) and RMI.
• get_pvol() now downloads polar volumes from NOAA (United States) (#55).
• Add Cecilia Nilsson and Alexander Tedeschi as contributors.

getRad 0.1.0

• Initial package development.
• New function get_pvol() downloads polar volumes for 6 countries.