Write weather data to file — write_weather • tidyweather

Exports weather records to a file in the specified format. Currently supports APSIM format for agricultural modeling applications.

Usage

write_weather(records, file, format = "APSIM", overwrite = FALSE)

Arguments

records: A data frame containing weather data with columns for date, temperature, precipitation, and other meteorological variables
file: Character string specifying the output file path
format: Character string specifying the output format. Currently supports "APSIM" (default)
overwrite: Logical indicating whether to overwrite existing files. Default is FALSE

Value

Invisibly returns the file path of the written file

Examples

# Read sample weather data from package
file <- system.file("extdata/ppd_72150.met", package = "tidyweather")
records <- read_weather(file)

# Write to temporary file
temp_file <- tempfile(fileext = ".met")

# Write to APSIM format
write_weather(records, temp_file, format = "APSIM")

# Overwrite existing file
write_weather(records, temp_file, format = "APSIM", overwrite = TRUE)