The IM_Climate Toolkit is a utility package for finding climate stations and downloading climate parameter data for a station, stations or grids.

To serve the broadest user community, it is implemented in both Python and R. Regardless of language, it provides data access via ACIS web services (http:https://www.rcc-acis.org/docs_webservices.html) to station information and station data that:

• Supports basic data request functions using consistent (identical) logic:

  • findStation
  • requestData

• Formats outputs consistently regardless of implementation technique (R, Python)

  • Limits alteration to data returned from ACIS web services

• Current Documentation: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1I-Db7Gqyeoz2C7ALOyY1QvTX3DoE7sQjWaEz-phG1iM

#### Development Roadmap ####
Development Roadmap: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1LoAwf0fz0mIpZySpNO68OW2ArEEAGTiBYfTsk5ywvts

#### Version 1.3 ####
Release Date: Planned for 12/1/2016
Functionality: Get monthly gridded data (PRISM only)
v1.3 Documentation: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1P8yfIYoQ6pzL7ikjrfatHQKPq6a-2yL3ys49mntAHGY

#### Version 1.2 ####
Release Date: 11/22/2016
Functionality: Get monthly station summary by year for station data
v1.2 Documentation: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1T5YrI6GYDeTGnTqlQWOBl8uJ5f1BAhncnfc094Dtrgc

#### Version 1.1 ####
Release Date: 10/1/2016
Functionality: Get daily gridded data (PRISM only)
v1.1 Documentation: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1I-Db7Gqyeoz2C7ALOyY1QvTX3DoE7sQjWaEz-phG1iM

#### Version 1.0 ####
Release Date: 9/6/2016
Functionality: find stations and request daily station data
v1.0 Documentation: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1B0rf0VTEXQNWGW9fqg2LRr6cHR20VQhFRy7PU_BfOeA

This software is in the public domain because it contains materials from the U.S. National Park Service, an agency of the United States Department of Interior.

Although this software package has been used by the U.S. National Park Service (NPS), no warranty, expressed or implied, is made by the NPS or the U.S. Government as to the accuracy and functioning of the package and related program material nor shall the fact of distribution constitute any such warranty, and no responsibility is assumed by the NPS in connection therewith.

This software is provided "AS IS."