fixedLatitude {velociraptr}

Download fixed-latitude equal-area grid

Description

Download an equal-area grid of the world with fixed latitudinal spacing and variable longitudinal spacing.

Usage

fixedLatitude(LatSpacing = 5, CellArea = "500000")

Arguments

LatSpacing

Number of degrees desired between latitudinal bands

CellArea

Desired target area of the cells in km^2 as a character string

Details

Downloads an equal-area grid with fixed latitudinal spacing and variable longitudinal spacing. The distance between longitudinal borders of grids will adjust to the target area size within each band of latitude. The algorithm will adjust the area of the grids to ensure that the total surface of the globe is covered.

Value

A simple features object

Author(s)

Andrew A. Zaffos

Examples

# Download an equal area grid with 10 degree latitudinal spacing and 1,000,000 km^2 grids
# EqualArea<-fixedLatitude(LatSpacing=10,CellArea="1000000")