Requests VAR[t0:t1][lat0:lat1][lon0:lon1] as NetCDF and caches it. The
file is checked for a NetCDF signature before it is kept: an HTTP error or
redirect page saved under a .nc name is exactly how a download goes wrong
silently (PCIC moved hosts in 2026 and curl without -L saves the 301
body).
Usage
wet_pcic_fetch(
variable,
bbox,
start,
end,
run = "TPS_gridded_obs_init",
dir = "data/pcic",
overwrite = FALSE,
timeout = 3600
)Arguments
- variable
Character. VIC output variable, e.g.
"RUNOFF"or"BASEFLOW".- bbox
Numeric
c(xmin, ymin, xmax, ymax)in longitude/latitude.- start, end
Dates (or strings coercible by
as.Date()), inclusive.- run
Character. Run identifier. Default is the historical run.
- dir
Cache directory.
- overwrite
Logical. Re-download even when the cached file exists.
- timeout
Seconds allowed for the download.