snowprofileCsv_advanced {sarp.snowprofile}

Read routine for advanced csv tables containing various snowprofile information

Description

This routine reads blocks of snowprofile metadata, layers, tests, and stability signs. Columns contain different variables, rows different observations. While metadata only contains one row, layers, tests, and signs consist of potentially multiple rows. Within each block of information, mind the correct alignment of rows. Missing values (i.e., NA) need to be left blank or called NA. See the examples below including the example file shipped with the package.

Usage

snowprofileCsv_advanced(
  csvFile,
  meta = c("uid", "hs", "maxObservedDepth", "comment"),
  layers = c("depth", "height", "gtype", "hardness", "datetag", "gsize", "gtype_sec",
    "layer_comment"),
  tests = c("test", "result", "fract_char", "score", "test_depth", "test_comment"),
  instabilitySigns = c("instabilitySign_type", "instabilitySign_present",
    "instabilitySign_comment"),
  sep = ",",
  elev.units = "ft",
  tz = "UTC"
)

Arguments

csvFile

'path/to/file.csv'

meta

column names of block metadata

layers

column names of block snowprofileLayers

tests

column names of block snowprofileTests

instabilitySigns

column names of block snowprofileInstabilitySigns

sep

csv column separator

elev.units

if set to "ft", the routine will convert to "m". Set to "m" (or anything else) if it should be unchanged

tz

time zone (default = 'UTC')

Author(s)

fherla

Examples

## load example csv file that ships with package:
csvFile <- system.file('extdata', 'example_adv.csv', package = 'sarp.snowprofile')

profile <- snowprofileCsv_advanced(csvFile, meta = c("uid", "hs", "maxObservedDepth", "comment",
                                                     "datetime", "zone", "station",
                                                     "station_id", "aspect", "elev", "angle"))

plot(profile)