[R] using grib files in R

Janet Nye
Thu, 05 Aug 2010 16:37:26 -0000

I am not new to R, but I am new to .grib files.  I am downloading some
climate data and I would like to analyze it in R.  R has a nice netcdf
package, but I don?t see any package available to deal specifically
with grib files.  I see a few posts from other people using grib files
in R.  However, I was unclear if they used grib files in a different
software program and then imported the data somehow into R.  Is it
possible to use read grib files in R and then use the data?  If so,
could someone point me to a book/website that might help me learn how
to do this?  Any advice would be helpful?I am beginning to think I
should use a different software program, but I?d like to use R!

Thanks,
Janet