NLDAS_DL_bulk: Downloads NLDAS light data

In psavoy/StreamLightUtils: A Utility Package for the StreamLight Package

Downloads NLDAS light data

Description

This function downloads NLDAS incoming shortwave radiation data (w m-2). When using the NLDAS_DL function to download data from many sites, sometimes sites will fail to download data (possibly due to volume of requests). This function adds in an additional check to continually attempt to download data for any missing locations until no more locations can be successfully downloaded. For example, sites outside of the U.S. do not have NLDAS data and therefore will never download.

Usage

NLDAS_DL_bulk(save_dir, site_locs, startDate)

Arguments

save_dir	The save directory for files to be placed in. For example, "C:/myfolder
site_locs	A table with Site_ID, Lat, and Lon, and startDate
statDate	An optional parameter. By default, if nothing is provided the function assumes that site_locs has a column that contains startDate. Alternatively, a single startDate can be provided as an argument for the download (YYYY-MM-DD).

Value

Returns a time series of incoming shortwave solar radiation from the start date to the most recent available data

psavoy/StreamLightUtils documentation built on April 5, 2022, 11:05 p.m.