Download gridMET data — download

The download_gridmet function accesses and downloads gridded surface meteorological data from the University of California Merced Climatology Lab's gridMET dataset.

Usage

download_gridmet(
  variables = NULL,
  year = c(2018, 2022),
  directory_to_save = NULL,
  acknowledgement = FALSE,
  download = TRUE,
  remove_command = FALSE,
  show_progress = TRUE,
  hash = FALSE,
  max_tries = 20,
  rate_limit = 2
)

Arguments

variables: character. Variable(s) name(s).
year: integer(1 or 2). Year or start/end years for downloading data.
directory_to_save: character(1). Directory to save data.
acknowledgement: logical(1). Must be TRUE to proceed.
download: logical(1). DEPRECATED. Downloads happen automatically.
remove_command: logical(1). Deprecated, ignored.
show_progress: logical(1). Show download progress (default TRUE)
hash: logical(1). Return hash of downloaded files (default FALSE)
max_tries: integer(1). Maximum retry attempts (default 20)
rate_limit: numeric(1). Minimum seconds between requests (default 2)

Value

invisible list with download results; or hash character if hash=TRUE

Note

gridMET data does not require authentication.

References

Abatzoglou JT (2013). “Development of gridded surface meteorological data for ecological applications and modelling.” International journal of climatology, 33(1), 121–131.

Author

Mitchell Manware

Examples

if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
download_gridmet(
  variables = "pr",
  year = 2023,
  directory_to_save = tempdir(),
  acknowledgement = TRUE
)
} # }