rnoaa (version 0.7.0)

cpc_prcp: Precipitation data from NOAA Climate Prediction Center (CPC)

Description

Precipitation data from NOAA Climate Prediction Center (CPC)

Usage

cpc_prcp(date, us = FALSE, ...)

Arguments

date

(date/character) date in YYYY-MM-DD format

us

(logical) US data only? default: FALSE

...

curl options passed on to HttpClient

Value

a data.frame, with columns:

• lon - longitude (0 to 360)

• lat - latitude (-90 to 90)

• precip - precipitation (in mm)

Details

Rainfall data for the world (1979-present, resolution 50 km), and the US (1948-present, resolution 25 km).

References

http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/ ftp://ftp.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/precip/CPC_UNI_PRCP ftp://ftp.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/precip/CPC_UNI_PRCP/GAUGE_CONUS/DOCU/PRCP_CU_GAUGE_V1.0CONUS_0.25deg.README ftp://ftp.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/precip/CPC_UNI_PRCP/GAUGE_GLB/DOCU/PRCP_CU_GAUGE_V1.0GLB_0.50deg_README.txt https://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/data/gridded/data.unified.daily.conus.html

Examples

# NOT RUN {
cpc_prcp(date = "2017-01-15")
cpc_prcp(date = "2015-06-05")
cpc_prcp(date = "2017-01-15")

cpc_prcp(date = "2005-07-09")

cpc_prcp(date = "2005-07-09", us = TRUE)
cpc_prcp(date = "2009-08-03", us = TRUE)
# }