m.prism.download - GRASS GIS manual

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NAME

m.prism.download - Downloads data from the PRISM Climate Group.

KEYWORDS

PRISM, Climate data

SYNOPSIS

m.prism.download

m.prism.download --help

m.prism.download [-duf] [dataset=string[,string,...]] [start_date=string] [end_date=string] [separator=character] [--help] [--verbose] [--quiet] [--ui]

Flags:

-d: List supported datasets and exit
-u: List URLs only without downloading
-f: List filenames only without downloading
--help: Print usage summary
--verbose: Verbose module output
--quiet: Quiet module output
--ui: Force launching GUI dialog

Parameters:

dataset=string[,string,...]: Dataset index or ID
start_date=string: Start date for search in YYYY-MM-DD (today for today; first for first date of first data year)
end_date=string: End date for search in YYYY-MM-DD (today for today; first for last date of first data year)
separator=character: Field separator; Special characters: pipe, comma, space, tab, newline; Default: pipe

DESCRIPTION
NOTES
EXAMPLES
SEE ALSO
AUTHOR

DESCRIPTION

m.prism.download downloads data from the PRISM Climate Group.

NOTES

This module anonymously logs in to their FTP server (HTTPS server for easier browsing) and download climate data for a specified time period.

EXAMPLES

List supported datasets and exit:

# use indices or datasets, but indices can change between module versions
m.prism.download -d

Download daily precipitation from 2020-01-01 to today:

# find the dataset name
m.prism.download -d | grep "daily" # found daily/ppt

# just list URLs for now
m.prism.download dataset=daily/ppt start_date=2020-01-01 end_date=today -u sep=newline

# actually download files
m.prism.download dataset=daily/ppt start_date=2020-01-01 end_date=today

# do something with the downloaded files
for file in $(m.prism.download dataset=daily/ppt start_date=2020-01-01 end_date=today -f sep=newline); do
	echo $file
	unzip $file
	# more tasks...
done

AUTHOR

Huidae Cho, New Mexico State University

SOURCE CODE

Available at: m.prism.download source code (history)

Latest change: Monday Jun 03 10:16:52 2024 in commit: 29ef0ea69233043539ac317276d35736f9725f79