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Download and crop the inventory of GHCN stations.

Source: R/GHCN_FUNCTIONS.R
get_ghcn_inventory.Rd

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.

Value

A Simple Feature of the GHCN stations within the specified template

Details

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