get_chirps_apsim_met: Get CHIRPS data for an APSIM met file

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Get CHIRPS data for an APSIM met file

Description

Uses get_chirps from the chirps package to download data to create an APSIM met file.

Usage

get_chirps_apsim_met(
  lonlat,
  dates,
  wrt.dir = ".",
  filename = NULL,
  fillin.radn = TRUE,
  silent = FALSE
)

Arguments

lonlat	Longitude and latitude vector
dates	date ranges
wrt.dir	write directory
filename	file name for writing out to disk
fillin.radn	whether to fill in radiation data using the nasapower pacakge. Default is TRUE.
silent	defaut is FALSE. Changing it will not do anything at the moment. A future feature.

Details

This function requires the chirps package, version 0.1.4.

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.

Value

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

Examples

## Not run: 
require(chirps)
## This will not write a file to disk
chrp <- get_chirps_apsim_met(lonlat = c(-93,42), dates = c("2012-01-01","2012-12-31"))

## End(Not run)

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