bioRad - Biological Analysis and Visualization of Weather Radar Data

Extract, visualize and summarize aerial movements of birds and insects from weather radar data. See Dokter, A. M. et al. (2018) "bioRad: biological analysis and visualization of weather radar data" <doi:10.1111/ecog.04028> for a software paper describing package and methodologies.

Last updated 18 days ago

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suntools - Calculate Sun Position, Sunrise, Sunset, Solar Noon and Twilight

Provides a set of convenient functions for calculating sun-related information, including the sun's position (elevation and azimuth), and the times of sunrise, sunset, solar noon, and twilight for any given geographical location on Earth. These calculations are based on equations provided by the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) <https://gml.noaa.gov/grad/solcalc/calcdetails.html> as described in "Astronomical Algorithms" by Jean Meeus (1991, ISBN: 978-0-943396-35-4).

Last updated 2 days ago

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vol2birdR - Vertical Profiles of Biological Signals in Weather Radar Data

'R' implementation of the 'vol2bird' software for generating vertical profiles of birds and other biological signals in weather radar data. See Dokter et al. (2011) <doi:10.1098/rsif.2010.0116> for a paper describing the methodology.

Last updated 29 days ago

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