Version 3.0 of neonUtilities R package released

The neonUtilities R package has been updated to version 3.0.0 and is available on CRAN. Updates in the new version:

Changes to existing functions:

• The stacking functions stackByTable() and loadByProduct() now use the arrow package to stack files. This change improves stacking speeds and enables other improvements, such as cloud mode (see next bullet) and event query (see new functions).
• loadByProduct() has a new input, cloud.mode=, which can be used when transferring data to a cloud environment. Data are stacked directly from the NEON buckets to the destination environment, without intermediate download. This replicates the cloud_mode option already available in Python.
• Progress bars are now suppressible in download and stacking functions (zipsByProduct(), stackByTable(), loadByProduct(), stackEddy(), byFileAOP(), byTileAOP()) using input progress=FALSE. When progress bars are suppressed, messages related to function progress are also suppressed, but other messages are not. To suppress all output to the console, you can wrap the function in suppressMessages() as well as setting progress=F, but this is not recommended. Many messages provide alerts about exceptions and inconsistencies encountered in processing.
• The earliest NEON API tokens are beginning to expire. Functions that use token inputs now check for expiration and alert the user.

New functions:

• byEventSIM() enables querying the data product Site management and event reporting (DP1.10111.001) by event type, rather than by site and date.
• tokenDate() returns the expiration date for a NEON API token.
• getHorVer() returns the available horizontal and vertical indices for a given sensor data product and site.

For best performance, update all package dependencies when updating to 3.0.0. If you encounter errors or problems, use the NEON Contact Us page, or post an issue to the NEON-utilities GitHub repo.