apsimx (version 2.8.0)

get_gsod_apsim_met: Get GSOD data for an APSIM met file

Description

Uses get_GSOD from the GSODR package to download data to create an APSIM met file.

Usage

get_gsod_apsim_met(
  lonlat,
  dates,
  wrt.dir = ".",
  filename = NULL,
  distance = 100,
  station,
  fillin.radn = 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

distance

distance in kilometers for the nearest station

station

choose the station either by index or character

fillin.radn

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

Details

This function requires the GSODR package.

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(GSODR)
## This will not write a file to disk
gsd <- get_gsod_apsim_met(lonlat = c(-93,42), dates = c("2012-01-01","2012-12-31"),
                          fillin.radn = TRUE)
summary(gsd)
## Check for reasonable ranges
check_apsim_met(gsd)
}