make_text_table: Write CTD data to a text file
In afsc-gap-products/gapctd: Process CTD data from bottom trawl surveys

make_text_table

R Documentation

Write CTD data to a text file

Description

Writes data to a csv file with metadata in a header.

Usage

make_text_table(
  x,
  output_file,
  column_descriptions = c(vessel = "vessel: AFSC/RACE vessel code", cruise =
    "cruise: AFSC/RACE cruise code", haul = "haul: AFSC/RACE haul number", stationid =
    "stationid: AFSC/RACE station code", serial_number =
    "serial_number: Primary instrument serial number", cast_direction =
    "cast_directon: Cast direction", datetime =
    "datetime: date and time in Alaska Daylight Time [UTC-9:00]", depth =
    "depth: depth [m], down is positive", pressure =
    "pressure: pressure, strain gauge [db]", conductivity =
    "conductivity: conductivity [S/m]", 
     temperature =
    "temperature: temperature [ITS-90, degrees C]", salinity =
    "salinity: salinity [PSS-78]", sound_speed =
    "sound_speed: Chen-Millero sound speed [m/s]", oxygen =
    "oxygen: dissolved oxygen [ml/l]", pH = "ph: pH", flag = "flag: data quality flag"),
  ctd_unit,
  auxiliary_sensors,
  dataset_name,
  cruise_name,
  creator_name,
  creator_email,
  creator_institution,
  collaborators = NULL,
  references,
  dataset_doi,
  ncei_accession_number,
  processing_info,
  publisher_url
)

Arguments

`x`	A data.frame with column names that correspond with names in column_descriptions
`output_file`	Output filepath for text file.
`column_descriptions`	A named character vector with descriptions of the values in each output column.
`ctd_unit`	CTD instrument model (character vector)
`auxiliary_sensors`	Names of auxiliary sensors, such as dissolved oxygen and pH sensors (character vector)
`dataset_name`	Name of the data set (character vector)
`cruise_name`	Name of the cruise (character vector)
`creator_name`	Name of the person who created the data set (character vector)
`creator_email`	Email address for the person who created the data set (character vector)
`creator_institution`	Name of the institution for the cruise/data set creator (character vector)
`collaborators`	Names of contributors/collaborators (character vector)
`references`	Any relevant references for the data set (character vector)
`dataset_doi`	Digital object identifier for the data set (character vector)
`ncei_accession_number`	NCEI Accession Number for the data product (character or numeric vector)
`processing_info`	Additional information about data processing, e.g. gapctd version used for processing (character vector)
`publisher_url`	URL for the dataset creator, e.g., https://github.com/afsc-gap-products/gapctd (character vector)