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Keywords: Water Data
We’ve made changes to the Monitoring Location Page (MLP) to make all kinds of water data accessible from the same place in WDFN.
Improve your functions with helpful dataframe evaluation patterns.
hyswap is an open-source Python package that is designed to enable cooperators, stakeholders and the public to calculate summary hydrologic statistics and create maps, tables and visualizations for critical decision-making. Access the package at https://github.com/DOI-USGS/hyswap .
Feature to see current water conditions from all monitoring locations in a state that collect continuous data.
This blog describes a mapping file available to users to ease the transition to the WQX version 3.0 format. The spreadsheet provides high-level mapping of data fields in the legacy NWIS format to WQX fields.
Iterate your R code using the map() function from the purrr package.
Write functions in R that run better and are easier to understand.
Learn the ropes building your own functions in R using water data examples.
The USGS just released new ways to access water quality and sample data in a recently expanded WQX data format.