Get Land-Sea Mask from ERA5

This function downloads the netCDF land-sea mask from ERA5. The mask is needed in order to run download_ERA5(). The mask can be found online here: https://confluence.ecmwf.int/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=140385202#ERA5Land:datadocumentation-parameterlistingParameterlistings.

Usage

get_land_sea_mask(
  file_name = "lsm_1279l4_0.1x0.1.grb_v4_unpack.nc",
  download_path = getwd()
)

Arguments

file_name

(character) Name of the land-sea mask. The default name is "lsm_1279l4_0.1x0.1.grb_v4_unpack.nc".

download_path

(character) Path to an existing folder where the land-sea mask will get downloaded to. The default location is the current working directory.

Value

Path to the downloaded land-sea mask (invisibly).

Examples

if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
get_land_sea_mask()
} # }