Split wind_speed into eastward_wind and northward_wind

Currently modifies the files IN PLACE rather than creating a new copy of the files an a new DB record.

Usage

split_wind(
  in.path,
  in.prefix,
  start_date,
  end_date,
  overwrite = FALSE,
  verbose = FALSE,
  ...
)

Arguments

in.path

path to original data

in.prefix

prefix of original data

start_date, end_date

date (or character in a standard date format). Only year component is used.

overwrite

logical: replace output file if it already exists?

verbose

logical: should ncdf4 functions print debugging information as they run?

...

other arguments, currently ignored

Value

nothing. TODO: Return data frame summarizing results

Examples

if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
in.path    <- "~/paleon/PalEONregional_CF_site_1-24047/"
in.prefix  <- ""
outfolder  <- "~/paleon/metTest/"
start_date <- "0850-01-01"
end_date   <- "2010-12-31"
overwrite  <- FALSE
verbose    <- TRUE

split_wind(in.path, in.prefix, start_date, end_date, merge.file, overwrite, verbose)
} # }