tion relies on 'curl' tool to transfer data from <acronym>NASA</acronym> servers to a user machine, using HTTPS supported protocol.  The 'curl' command embedded in this function to fetch precipitation/air temperature <acronym>NEX-GDPP</acronym>/ netcdf annual global files is designed to work seamlessly by appending appropriate logging information to the ".netrc" file and the cookies file ".urs_cookies". The ".netrc" and ".urs_cookies" files need to be stored at local directory before running any function in