readlfdata: Reads data sheets

Description

Reads data sheets of different formats directly as lfobjs.

Usage

readlfdata(file, type = c("GRDC", "HZB", "LFU", "TU"), lfobj = TRUE, readmeta = TRUE, encoding = NULL, ...)

Arguments

file

The name of the file which the data are to be read from.

type

The style of the sheet, currently the following formats are accepted: "GRDC", "HZB" (Austria), "LFU" (Germany, Bavaria), "TU" (Technical University Vienna)

lfobj

logical, should a lfobj be created?

readmeta

logical, should metainformation from data sheets be saved?

encoding

The name of the encoding to be assumed. See the Encoding section of connections.

...

Handed to createlfobj, could be "hyearstart", "baseflow" or "meta", if "readmeta" is FALSE

Value

A lfobj or data.frame depending on "lfobj".

References

Gustard, A. & Demuth, S. (2009) (Eds) Manual on Low-flow Estimation and Prediction. Operational Hydrology Report No. 50, WMO-No. 1029, 136p.

Examples

Run this code

# Finding the filename of the sample file on your computer
fn <- system.file("samplesheets/9104020.day", package = "lfstat")
grdc <- readlfdata(fn, type = "GRDC", baseflow = FALSE, hyearstart = 1)
head(grdc)


fn <- system.file("samplesheets/kloesterle.dat", package = "lfstat")
hzb <- readlfdata(fn, type = "HZB", baseflow = FALSE, hyearstart = 1)
head(hzb)

fn <- system.file("samplesheets/oberammergau.dat", package = "lfstat")
lfu <- readlfdata(fn, type = "LFU", baseflow = FALSE, hyearstart = 1)
head(lfu)