Convert hourly MET Nordic files to daily

This function takes 24 hourly files from the same day and variable and converts them to a daily format. You have the choice of four different aggregation methods: min, max, mean, and sum.

metnordic_aggregate(
  directory,
  variable,
  method,
  day,
  outpath,
  overwrite = TRUE,
  verbose = TRUE
)

Arguments

directory

String: Path to the source files (as downloaded by metnordic_download() or metnordic_download_daterange())

variable

String: MET Nordic variable to aggregate (ie. "precipitation_amount", (see more))

method

String: method of aggregation ("mean", "min", "max", "sum")

day

String: day to convert ("YYYYMMDD" format, ie. "20150901")

outpath

String: path to directory of to be created files

overwrite

Logical: overwrite existing file?

verbose

Logical: plot map?

Value

String: path to written file

Details

This function is designed to take input from metnordic_download() and provides input for metnordic_merge()

Code largely adapted from this handy guide: (link) from Pat Bartlein, bartlein@uoregon.edu

See also

metnordic_merge_daily() metnordic_download() metnordic_download_daterange()

Author

Moritz Shore

Examples

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