Changelog

Source: NEWS.md

getRad (development version)

• Use options for urls so they can be changes without a package update (#120).
• Add getRad.progress option to silence progress.

getRad 0.3.0

CRAN release: 2026-06-11

• Implement download of vpts data from birdcast by Alexander Tedeschi.
• Implement reading aloft vpts data from a local directory (#135).
• Implement reading dark ecology vpts data from a local directory (#175).
• Clarify HTTP 429 error for the Netherlands (#165).
• Clarify error for Estonia and propagate call (#173).
• Include the hochficht radar in Austria (#169).
• For Romania match deviating file format (thanks to Sorin Burcea, #167).
• Fix download for Czechia as multiple scans were found (#183).
• Improved error for NA datetime in get_pvol (#193).

getRad 0.2.4

CRAN release: 2025-12-10

• Make error messages more consistent (#146).
• Restore access to Estonian data.
• Prevent leaving temporary files for downloading Dutch polar volume data (#148).
• Denmark does not require authentication anymore, removed from the package (#154).
• Account for url change of opera database (#160).

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.