extarct_jra55_minmax_surf: Extract the Japanese Re-Analysis 55 Years (JRA-55) minimum...

In rijaf-iri/CDTDownload: Download gridded data used by Climate Data Tools (CDT)

Description

This function extract an existing downloaded GRIB data from JRA-55 minimum and maximum temperature at 2 meters above ground over a specified region.

Usage

extarct_jra55_minmax_surf(start_date, end_date, output.dir, grads.bin,
  range.lon, range.lat, tstep)

Arguments

start_date	Start date to be extracted, a character in the form "YYYY-MM-DD".
end_date	End date to be extracted, a character in the form "YYYY-MM-DD".
output.dir	Full path to the directory where the extracted files will be saved.
grads.bin	Full path name of GrADS executable. For Mac and Linux, you can use "grads" if GrADS is in your PATH environment variable.
range.lon	A numeric vector of length 2; minimum and maximum longitude of the area to be extracted.
range.lat	A numeric vector of length 2; minimum and maximum latitude of the area to be extracted.
tstep	The time steps of the extracted data. Useful values are "daily" (aggregated to daily data) and "hourly3" (3-hourly data).

Value

The extracted data are located under the directory called "Extracted".

Examples

## Not run: 
extarct_jra55_minmax_surf(
        start_date = "2019-05-26",
        end_date = "2019-05-26",
        output.dir = "~/Desktop/DATA/JRA55",
        grads.bin = "grads",
        range.lon = c(42, 52),
        range.lat = c(-26, -11.5),
        tstep = "daily"
     )

## End(Not run)

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