fl_DownloadFjord {FjordLight}

Download fjord PAR data as NetCDF files.

Description

This functions queries the FTP server where the NetCDF files are stored. It will retrieve the one file that matches the name provided to it via the fjord argument. Note that these files can be multiple gigabytes in size.

Usage

fl_DownloadFjord(fjord, layer = "PAR_B", dirdata = NULL)

Arguments

fjord

Expects a character vector for one of the 8 available fjords. See fl_ListFjords for the list of possible choices.

layer

The layer of data the user wants to download. The default "PAR_B" will download monthly bottom PAR data, "K_PAR" will download monthly values for the light extinction coefficient (i.e. K_PAR) in the water column, "ClimSD" will download the standard deviations for the monthly climatologies, and "YearlySD" will download the standard deviations for the yearly climatologies. Note that if monthly K_PAR data are chosen, the file will be saved as e.g. "kong_MonthlyKpar.nc". "ClimSD" and "YearlySD" data will also have this character string appended to the file name. Whereas PAR_B data will be saved simply as e.g. "kong.nc". NB: Only the "PAR_B" data contain the full list of metadata variables.

dirdata

The directory where the user would like to download the data.

Value

The downloaded NetCDF file contains the following variables:

bathymetry

depth [m]

land

elevation [m]

area

PixelArea_km2 [m]

AreaOfCoastalZone

Surface of Sea floor with a depth of between 0 and 200 meters [km2]

etc...

Author(s)

Bernard Gentili and Robert Schlegel

Examples

# Choose a fjord
fjord_code <- "kong"

# Download it
# NB: One should provide a permanent directory when downloading a file.

fl_DownloadFjord(fjord_code, dirdata = tempdir())