ck_from_netcdf: Read a netCDF File as a SpatRaster

In climatekit: Unified Climate Indices for Temperature, Precipitation, and Drought

Read a netCDF File as a SpatRaster

Description

Convenience wrapper that delegates to terra::rast(). Reads the file at path and returns a SpatRaster, optionally restricted to a single variable. terra and ncdf4 must be installed (both are listed in ⁠Suggests:⁠).

Usage

ck_from_netcdf(path, var = NULL)

Arguments

path	Character. Path to a netCDF file.
var	Character or NULL. Variable to extract. If NULL, the default behaviour of terra::rast() applies.

Value

A SpatRaster (one layer per time step in the netCDF file).

Examples

## Not run: 
  r <- ck_from_netcdf("tas_day.nc", var = "tas")
  terra::nlyr(r)  # number of daily layers

## End(Not run)

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