goesaodc_openScanFile: Open a GOES AOD netCDF file

In MazamaScience/MazamaSatelliteUtils: Utilities for Working with Model and Satellite Data as Rasters

Description

Opens a NetCDF file and returns the nc handle. By default, the directory specified with setSatelliteDataDir() is searched for the file.

Usage

goesaodc_openScanFile(filename = NULL, dataDir = getSatelliteDataDir())

Arguments

filename	Name of scan file.
dataDir	Data directory containing filename. Defaults to getSatelliteDataDir().

Details

Errors generated by 'nc_open()' are not handled and will pass through to the console or calling function.

Value

NetCDF ncdf4 handle.

See Also

getSatelliteDataDir

Examples

## Not run: 
library(MazamaSatelliteUtils)
setSatelliteDataDir("~/Data/Satellite")

scanFile <- goesaodc_downloadScanFiles(
  satID = "G16", 
  datetime = "2019-09-06 18:00", 
  timezone = "UTC"
)

goesaodc_openScanFile(scanFile)

## End(Not run)

MazamaScience/MazamaSatelliteUtils documentation built on Dec. 17, 2021, 3:20 a.m.