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Download historical climate data recursively

Source: R/get_historical_data_recursive.R
get_historical_data_recursive.Rd

Recursively get historical data

Usage

get_historical_data_recursive(locator, cvar, time_scale)

Arguments

locator

The ISO3 country code that you want data about. (http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49alpha.htm) or the basin ID [1-468]. The historical period for country is 1901 - 2009, and 1960 - 2009 for basin

cvar

The climate variable you're interested in. "pr" for precipitation, "tas" for temperature in celcius.

time_scale

The time scale you want to return values on. Must be "month", "year" or "decade"

Value

a dataframe with historical climate data

Details

The time_scale parameter returns a different number of variables depending on the input timescale. Month will return 12 values, a historical average for that month across all years. Year will return yearly averages for each year, and decade will return decade averages.