real_sensor_values: Add 'real'-scale sensor values to glatos detetections

In ocean-tracking-network/glatos: A package for the Great Lakes Acoustic Telemetry Observation System

Add 'real'-scale sensor values to glatos detetections

Description

Get transmitter sensor (e.g., depth, temperature) conversion parameters (e.g., intercept, slope) from a Vemco transmitter specification object (e.g., from read_vemco_tag_specs, calculate 'real'-scale values (e.g., depth in meters), and add real values to detection data in a new column.

Usage

real_sensor_values(det, tag_specs)

Arguments

det

A glatos_detections object (e.g., produced by read_glatos_detections). OR A data frame containing detection data with the following columns: transmitter_codespace A character string with transmitter code space (e.g., "A69-1061" for Vemco PPM coding"). transmitter_id A character string with transmitter ID code (e.g., "1363" for Vemco PPM coding"). sensor_value A numeric sensor measurement (e.g., an integer for 'raw' Vemco sensor tags). sensor_unit A character string with sensor_value units (e.g., "ADC" for 'raw' Vemco sensor tag detections).

tag_specs

An object produced by read_vemco_tag_specs. OR A data frame containing transmitter specification data with the following columns: code_space A character string with transmitter code space (e.g., "A69-1061" for Vemco PPM coding"). id_code A character string with transmitter ID code (e.g., "1363" for Vemco PPM coding"). sensor_type A numeric sensor measurement (e.g., an integer for 'raw' Vemco sensor tags). sensor_range A numeric with max. range of the sensor in 'real' units (e.g., "Meters" for Vemco depth tags). sensor_units A character string with 'real'-scale units (e.g., "Meters" for 'raw' Vemco pressure tags). The following columns are also required for depth and temperature sensors: sensor_slope Slope parameter, for converting 'raw' (ADC) to 'real' measurements. sensor_intercept Intercept parameter, for converting 'raw' (ADC) to 'real' measurements. The following columns are also required for acceleration sensors: accel_algorithm The algorithm used, accelerometers only. accel_sample_rate Sample rate used, accelerometers only. sensor_transmit_ratio Sensor transmit rate used, accelerometers only.

Details

Tag spec data are joined to detection data and then raw-scale sensor measurements are converted to real-scale using sensor_value_real = sensor_intercept + (sensor_value * sensor_slope), where sensor_value is in raw scale.

It is possible that transmitter_codespace and transmitter_id are not unique among transmitters, so users must ensure that the each combination of those columns occurs only once in tag_specs and is the correct record for the corresponding tags in det.

Value

The input data frame, data.table, or tibble with the following columns added (see column descriptions above):

• sensor_range

• sensor_units

• sensor_slope

• sensor_intercept

• accel_algorithm

• accel_sample_rate

• sensor_transmit_ratio

• sensor_value_real

Author(s)

Chris Holbrook, [e-mail]

Examples

# get path to example detection file
det_file <- system.file("extdata",
  "lamprey_detections.csv",
  package = "glatos"
)

lamprey_detections <- read_glatos_detections(det_file)

# get path to example Vemco tag spec file
spec_file <- system.file("extdata",
  "lamprey_tag_specs.xls",
  package = "glatos"
)

lamprey_tags <- read_vemco_tag_specs(spec_file, file_format = "vemco_xls")

# note use of '$specs' in tag_specs argument
dtc <- real_sensor_values(lamprey_detections, lamprey_tags$specs)

# now view records with sensor measurements
dtc[!is.na(dtc$sensor_value_real), ]

ocean-tracking-network/glatos documentation built on April 17, 2025, 10:38 p.m.