npe_download {neonPlantEcology}

Data downloader

Description

A wrapper function to download data from the NEON API using neonUtilities::loadByProduct. Some commonly used products are provided as plain language options, otherwise the user can enter the product ID number (dpID). Downloads Plant Presence and Percent Cover by default (DP1.10058.001).

Usage

npe_download(
  sites = "JORN",
  dpID = NA,
  token = NA,
  verbose = TRUE,
  product = "plant_diversity",
  ...
)

Arguments

sites

a vector of NEON site abbreviations. Defaults to "JORN"

dpID

if you need a data product not given as one of the product options, set the data product ID here (e.g. "DP1.10023.001").

token

a token from neonscience.org

verbose

if true, prints which sites are being downloaded

product

a plain language vector of the data product to be downloaded. Can be "plant_diversity", "litterfall", "woody_veg_structure", "belowground_biomass", "herbaceous_clip", "coarse_downed_wood", or "soil_microbe_biomass"

...

additional arguments can be passed to neonUtilities::loadByProduct see ?neonUtilites::loadByProduct for more details

Value

a list

Examples

diversity_object <- npe_download(sites = "JORN")