Read a lisst File

Read a LISST data file. The file should contain 42 columns, with no header. If there are fewer than 42 columns, an error results. If there are more, only the first 42 are used. Note that read.oce() can recognize LISST files by their having a name ending in ".asc" and by having 42 elements on the first line. Even so, it is preferred to use the present function, because it gives the opportunity to specify the year and timezone, so that times can be calculated properly.

Usage

read.lisst(
  file,
  year = 0,
  tz = "UTC",
  longitude = NA,
  latitude = NA,
  encoding = "latin1"
)

Arguments

file

a connection or a character string giving the name of the file to load.

year

year in which the measurement of the series was made.

tz

time zone.

longitude

longitude of observation (stored in metadata)

latitude

latitude of observation (stored in metadata)

encoding

a character value that indicates the encoding to be used for this data file, if it is textual. The default value for most functions is "latin1", which seems to be suitable for files containing text written in English and French.

Value

x A lisst object.

See also

Other things related to lisst data: [[,lisst-method, [[<-,lisst-method, as.lisst(), lisst-class, plot,lisst-method, summary,lisst-method

Author

Dan Kelley