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A helper to generate a list of AmeriFlux user info to pass along to flux_download(). Because these elements are by default pulled from environment variables, it is recommended that you set them in a project-level .Renviron file like AMERIFLUX_USER_NAME=myusername, etc.

Usage

flux_amf_credentials(
  user_name = Sys.getenv("AMERIFLUX_USER_NAME", unset = NA_character_),
  user_email = Sys.getenv("AMERIFLUX_USER_EMAIL", unset = NA_character_),
  intended_use = Sys.getenv("AMERIFLUX_INTENDED_USE", unset = 6),
  description = Sys.getenv("AMERIFLUX_DESCRIPTION", unset = NA_character_)
)

Arguments

user_name

Your AmeriFlux username.

user_email

The email address associated with your AmeriFlux profile.

intended_use

An integer 1–6 as follows:

  • 1 = Synthesis / network synthesis analysis

  • 2 = Land model/Earth system model

  • 3 = Remote sensing research

  • 4 = Other research

  • 5 = Education (Teacher or Student)

  • 6 = Other

description

An optional description of the project.

Value

A list with elements user_name, user_email, intended_use, and description.