downloadCAMELS: Download CAMELS files

In scantle/caRmels: Catchment Attributes and Meteorology for Large-Sample Studies R Package

Download CAMELS files

Description

Function does not download all available files including basin information, model output, and CAMELS documentation. See https://gdex.ucar.edu/dataset/camels.html.

Usage

downloadCAMELS(
  dir,
  unzip = FALSE,
  primary_files = TRUE,
  daymet_output = TRUE,
  maurer_output = TRUE,
  NLDAS_output = TRUE,
  shapefiles = TRUE,
  timeout = 99999,
  ...
)

Arguments

dir	Target directory to download files to
unzip	T/F if downloaded files should be unzipped
primary_files	T/F download basin forcing data for all three meteorology products, observed streamflow, basin metadata, readme files, and basin shapefiles
daymet_output	T/F download comparison model output files calibrated using daymet forcings
maurer_output	T/F download comparison model output files calibrated using maurer forcings
NLDAS_output	T/F download comparison model output files calibrated using NLDAS forcings
shapefiles	T/F download original basin boundary shapefiles
timeout	Max time allowed for download. Default: 99999 seconds (the files are large)
...	Additional arguments passed to download.file

Details

Note: Unzipping often fails, R unzip function is not very robust.

Examples

## Not run: 
downloadCAMELS('../CAMELS/', unzip=FALSE)

## End(Not run)

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