apsimx (version 2.8.0)

get_daymet2_apsim_met: Get DAYMET data for an APSIM met file

Description

Uses download_daymet from the daymetr package to download data to create an APSIM met file.

Usage

get_daymet2_apsim_met(lonlat, years, wrt.dir = ".", filename, silent = FALSE)

Value

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

Arguments

lonlat

Longitude and latitude vector

years

a numeric vector of years to extract (c(start, end)). For example, f you need 2012 through 2015, use c(2012, 2015).

wrt.dir

write directory (default is the current directory)

filename

file name for writing out to disk

silent

argument passed to download_daymet

Details

This function requires the daymetr package. This function should replace the get_daymet_apsim_met function.

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. The variable ‘srad’ as downloaded from daymet is average solar radiation, so it is converted to total. Daily total radiation (MJ/m2/day) can be calculated as follows: ((srad (W/m2) * dayl (s/day)) / 1,000,000)
Vapor Pressure Deficit (vp) should be in hecto Pascals

Examples

if (FALSE) {
require(daymetr)
## I write to a temp directory but replace as needed
dmet12 <- get_daymet2_apsim_met(lonlat = c(-93,42), years = 2012)
summary(dmet12)
## Check for reasonable ranges 
check_apsim_met(dmet12)
}