apsimx (version 2.8.0)

get_chirps_apsim_met: Get CHIRPS data for an APSIM met file

Description

Uses get_chirps from the chirps package to download data to create an APSIM met file.

Usage

get_chirps_apsim_met(
  lonlat,
  dates,
  wrt.dir = ".",
  filename = NULL,
  fillin.radn = TRUE,
  silent = FALSE
)

Value

returns an object of class ‘met’ and writes a file to disk when filename is supplied.

Arguments

lonlat

Longitude and latitude vector

dates

date ranges

wrt.dir

write directory

filename

file name for writing out to disk

fillin.radn

whether to fill in radiation data using the nasapower pacakge. Default is TRUE.

silent

defaut is FALSE. Changing it will not do anything at the moment. A future feature.

Details

This function requires the chirps package, version 0.1.4.

If the filename is not provided it will not write the file to disk, but it will return an object of class ‘met’. This is useful in case manipulation is required before writing to disk.

Examples

if (FALSE) {
require(chirps)
## This will not write a file to disk
chrp <- get_chirps_apsim_met(lonlat = c(-93,42), dates = c("2012-01-01","2012-12-31"))
}