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Download climate classification data

Source: R/download.R
download_koppen_geiger.Rd

The download_koppen_geiger() function accesses and downloads climate classification data.

Usage

download_koppen_geiger(
  data_resolution = c("0.0083", "0.083", "0.5"),
  time_period = c("Present", "Future"),
  directory_to_save = NULL,
  acknowledgement = FALSE,
  download = TRUE,
  remove_command = FALSE,
  unzip = TRUE,
  remove_zip = FALSE,
  show_progress = TRUE,
  hash = FALSE,
  max_tries = 20,
  rate_limit = 2
)

Arguments

data_resolution

character(1). Available resolutions.

time_period

character(1). "Present" (1980-2016) or "Future" (2071-2100).

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.

unzip

logical(1). Unzip zip files (default TRUE).

remove_zip

logical(1). Remove zip files after unzipping (default FALSE).

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

Köppen-Geiger data does not require authentication.

References

Beck HE, McVicar TR, Vergopolan N, Berg A, Lutsko NJ, Dufour A, Zeng Z, Jiang X, Van Dijk AIJM, Miralles DG (2023). “High-resolution (1 km) Köppen-Geiger maps for 1901–2099 based on constrained CMIP6 projections.” Scientific Data, 10(1), 724. ISSN 2052-4463. doi:10.1038/s41597-023-02549-6 . https://www.nature.com/articles/s41597-023-02549-6. Beck HE, Zimmermann NE, McVicar TR, Vergopolan N, Berg A, Wood EF (2018). “Present and future Köppen-Geiger climate classification maps at 1-km resolution.” Scientific data, 5(1), 1–12. doi:10.1038/sdata.2018.214 .

Author

Mitchell Manware, Insang Song

Examples

if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
download_koppen_geiger(
  data_resolution = "0.0083",
  time_period = "Present",
  directory_to_save = tempdir(),
  acknowledgement = TRUE
)
} # }