read.CHILD: Function to read files to a CHILD-object.

In coffeemuggler/RCHILD: Functions for flexible use of the landscape evolution model CHILD

Description

This function reads all present output files of a CHILD model run and creates an S4-object (CHILD) with the respective data.

Usage

read.CHILD(dataset)

Arguments

dataset

(character scalar) Name of the CHILD run, i.e. common file names of the output files, without extension. All the files must be present in the same directory. Either the workspace or a path to this CHILD run directory must be set appropriately.

Value

An S4-object with all output data of a CHILD model run.

Author(s)

Michael Dietze

References

CSDMS website. http://csdms.colorado.edu/wiki/Model:CHILD.
Tucker, GE. 2010. CHILD Users Guide for version R9.4.1. http://csdms.colorado.edu/mediawiki/images/Child_users_guide.pdf
Tucker, GE., Lancaster, ST., Gasparini, NM., Bras, RL. 2001. The Channel-Hillslope Integrated Landscape Development (CHILD) Model. In Harmon, RS., Doe, W.W. III (eds). Landscape Erosion and Evolution Modeling. Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, pp. 349-388.

See Also

read.IN, write.IN, write.raster, display.surface

Examples

# Examples are not run, remove hashes to run them

# # Run CHILD to create a model output
  # run.CHILD("hillslope1", "hillslope1.in")

# # Import the model run output data set
  # hillslope1 <- read.CHILD("hillslope1/hillslope1")

# # Show the summary of the imported data set
  # hillslope1@summary  

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