amadeus (version 1.2.2)

process_gridmet: Process gridMET data

Description

The process_gridmet() function imports and cleans raw gridded surface meteorological data, returning a single SpatRaster object.

Usage

process_gridmet(
  date = c("2023-09-01", "2023-09-10"),
  variable = NULL,
  path = NULL,
  extent = NULL,
  ...
)

Value

a SpatRaster object

Arguments

date

character(1 or 2). Date (1) or start and end dates (2). Format YYYY-MM-DD (ex. September 1, 2023 = "2023-09-01").

variable

character(1). Variable name or acronym code. See gridMET Generate Wget File for variable names and acronym codes. (Note: variable "Burning Index" has code "bi" and variable "Energy Release Component" has code "erc").

path

character(1). Directory with downloaded netCDF (.nc) files.

extent

numeric(4) or SpatExtent giving the extent of the raster if NULL (default), the entire raster is loaded

...

Placeholders.

Author

Mitchell Manware

Examples

## NOTE: Example is wrapped in `\dontrun{}` as function requires a large
##       amount of data which is not included in the package.
if (FALSE) {
gridmet <- process_gridmet(
  date = c("2023-01-01", "2023-01-10"),
  variable = "Precipitation",
  path = "./data/pr"
)
}