Download AmeriFlux BADM data product

This function downloads all AmeriFlux sites' BADM data files in a single file. Note: Access to AmeriFlux data requires creating an AmeriFlux account first. Register an account through the link https://ameriflux-data.lbl.gov/Pages/RequestAccount.aspx.

For details about BADM data files, see AmeriFlux web page https://ameriflux.lbl.gov/data/aboutdata/badm-data-product/.

amf_download_bif(
  user_id,
  user_email,
  data_policy,
  agree_policy,
  intended_use,
  intended_use_text,
  out_dir = tempdir(),
  verbose = TRUE,
  site_w_data = FALSE
)

Arguments

user_id

AmeriFlux account username (character)

user_email

AmeriFlux account user email (character)

data_policy

"CCBY4.0" or "LEGACY". AmeriFlux data are shared under two tiers of licenses as chosen by site's PI. See https://ameriflux.lbl.gov/data/data-policy/#data-use for data use guidelines under each license. Note: Data use policy selected affects which sites’ data are available for download.

agree_policy

Acknowledge you read and agree to the AmeriFlux Data use policy (TRUE/FALSE)

intended_use

The intended use category. Currently, it needs to be one of the followings:

"synthesis" (i.e., Multi-site synthesis)
"model" (i.e., Land model/Earth system model)
"remote_sensing" (i.e., Remote sensing research)
"other_research" (i.e., Other research) "
"education" (i.e., Education (Teacher or Student))
"other"

intended_use_text

Enter a brief description of intended use. This will be recorded in the data download log and emailed to site's PI (character).

out_dir

Output directory for downloaded data, default tempdir()

verbose

Show feedback on download progress (TRUE/FALSE)

site_w_data

Logical, download all registered sites (FALSE) or only sites with available BASE data (TRUE)

Value

A vector of download file names on the local drive

Examples


if (FALSE) {
## Download all sites with BASE data, under CCBY4.0 policy
amf_download_bif(user_id = "test",
  user_email = "test@mail.com",
  data_policy = "CCBY4.0",
  agree_policy = TRUE,
  intended_use = "other",
  intended_use_text = "testing download",
  out_dir = tempdir(),
  site_w_data = TRUE)

## Download all registered sites, under LEGACY policy
amf_download_bif(user_id = "test",
  user_email = "test@mail.com",
  data_policy = "LEGACY",
  agree_policy = TRUE,
  intended_use = "other",
  intended_use_text = "testing download",
  out_dir = tempdir(),
  site_w_data = FALSE)

}

Arguments

Value

See also

Examples