tag_to_etuff: Convert satellite tag data to etuff

In camrinbraun/tags2etuff: Convert the myriad of satellite tag data into flat, standardized eTUFF file

Convert satellite tag data to etuff

Description

Convert satellite tag data to etuff. Currently this function has good support for Wildlife Computers tags and is in development for others such as Lotek and MT.

Usage

tag_to_etuff(dir, meta_row, fName = NULL, tatBins = NULL,
  tadBins = NULL, obsTypes = NULL, check_meta = TRUE, ...)

Arguments

dir	is directory the target data is stored in
fName	is character indicating the file name of interest to read. This is currently only required for reading archival data from Microwave or Lotek tags. It can also be used to read individual files from WC or custom inputs. See 'customCols' parameter.
tatBins	is integer or numeric vector indicating the time-at-temperature summary bins for a Wildlife tag. Length will usually be about 14-16 bins. Defaults to NULL and the function tries to read bins from the file.
tadBins	is integer or numeric vector indicating the time-at-depth summary bins for a Wildlife tag. Length will usually be about 14-16 bins. Defaults to NULL and the function tries to read bins from the file.
obsTypes	is csv sourced from github containing the latest obsTypes recognized by the NASA OIIP project. Usually this is left NULL and the file is auto-magically downloaded for you. The only reason you may want to specify this would be in order to work offline.
check_meta	is logical indicating whether or not to check the etuff file metadata
manufacturer	is character indicating tag manufacturer. Choices are 'Wildlife','Microwave','Lotek'.
tagtype	is character. Choices are 'PSAT', 'SPOT', ...
dates	is POSIXct vector of length 2 indicating start and stop dates for the tag data of interest
customCols	is optional argument that allows custom specification of input columns for input fName. these custom specs must match the accepted obsTypes

camrinbraun/tags2etuff documentation built on Feb. 24, 2025, 1:36 a.m.