Read subset (shapefile) of one datacube of an EBV netCDF

Read a subset of one or more layers from one datacube of the netCDF file. Subset definition by a shapefile.

ebv_read_shp(
  filepath,
  datacubepath = NULL,
  entity = NULL,
  timestep = 1,
  shp,
  outputpath = NULL,
  touches = TRUE,
  scenario = NULL,
  metric = NULL,
  overwrite = FALSE,
  ignore_RAM = FALSE,
  verbose = TRUE
)

Arguments

filepath

Character. Path to the netCDF file.

datacubepath

Character. Optional. Default: NULL. Path to the datacube (use ebv_datacubepaths()). Alternatively, you can use the scenario and metric argument to define which cube you want to access.

entity

Character or Integer. Default is NULL. If the structure is 3D, the entity argument is set to NULL. Else, a character string or single integer value must indicate the entity of the 4D structure of the EBV netCDFs.

timestep

Integer or character. Select one or several timestep(s). Either provide an integer value or list of values that refer(s) to the index of the timestep(s) (minimum value: 1) or provide a date or list of dates in ISO format, such as '2015-01-01'.

shp

Character. Path to the shapefile defining the subset. Ending needs to be *.shp.

outputpath

Character. Default: NULL, returns the data as a SpatRaster object in memory. Optional: set path to write subset as GeoTiff on disk.

touches

Logical. Default: TRUE, all pixels touched by the polygon(s) will be updated. Set to FALSE to only include pixels that are on the line render path or have center points inside the polygon(s).

scenario

Character or integer. Optional. Default: NULL. Define the scenario you want to access. If the EBV netCDF has no scenarios, leave the default value (NULL). You can use an integer value defining the scenario or give the name of the scenario as a character string. To check the available scenarios and their name or number (integer), use ebv_datacubepaths().

metric

Character or integer. Optional. Define the metric you want to access. You can use an integer value defining the metric or give the name of the scenario as a character string. To check the available metrics and their name or number (integer), use ebv_datacubepaths().

overwrite

Logical. Default: FALSE. Set to TRUE to overwrite the outputfile defined by 'outputpath'.

ignore_RAM

Logical. Default: FALSE. Checks if there is enough space in your memory to read the data. Can be switched off (set to TRUE).

verbose

Logical. Default: TRUE. Turn off additional prints by setting it to FALSE.

Value

Returns a SpatRaster object if no output path is given. Otherwise the subset is written onto the disk and the ouput path is returned.

See also

ebv_read_bb() for subsetting via bounding box.

Examples

#set path to EBV netCDF
file <- system.file(file.path("extdata","martins_comcom_subset.nc"), package="ebvcube")
#get all datacubepaths of EBV netCDF
datacubes <- ebv_datacubepaths(file, verbose=FALSE)

#set path to shp file - cameroon country borders
shp_path <- system.file(file.path("extdata","cameroon.shp"), package="ebvcube")

# \donttest{
#read subset - return SpatRaster
cSAR_cameroon <- ebv_read_shp(filepath = file, datacubepath = datacubes[1,1],
                             entity = 1, timestep = 1, shp = shp_path,
                             outputpath = NULL, ignore_RAM = TRUE)
#> [1] "Giving the properties for the file and a specified datacube."
#> [1] "Giving the properties for the file and a specified datacube."
#> [1] "RAM capacities are ignored."
# }