get_ghcn_inventory: Download and crop the inventory of GHCN stations.

In ropensci/FedData: Download Geospatial Data Available from Several Federated Data Sources

Download and crop the inventory of GHCN stations.

Description

get_ghcn_inventory returns a SpatialPolygonsDataFrame of the GHCN stations within the specified template. If template is not provided, returns the entire GHCN inventory.

Usage

get_ghcn_inventory(template = NULL, elements = NULL, raw.dir)

Arguments

template	An Simple Feature or SpatRaster object to serve as a template for cropping.
elements	A character vector of elements to extract. Common elements include 'tmin', 'tmax', and 'prcp'.
raw.dir	A character string indicating where raw downloaded files should be put. The directory will be created if missing.

Details

Stations with multiple elements will have multiple points. This allows for easy mapping of stations by element availability.

Value

A Simple Feature of the GHCN stations within the specified template

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