R/readdailyval.R

In steingod/R-osisaf: Useful functions for handling EUMETSAT Ocean and Sea Ice SAF data

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# NAME:
# readdailyssival
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# PURPOSE:
# To generate a data frame containing validation data for daily SSI
# validation.
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# REQUIREMENTS:
# NA
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# INPUT:
# NA
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# OUTPUT:
# NA
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# NOTES:
# NA
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# BUGS:
# NA
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# AUTHOR:
# Øystein Godøy, METNO/FOU, 2011-03-11 
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# MODIFIED:
# Øystein Godøy, METNO/FOU, 2012-04-13: Fixed handling of missing values.
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# CVS_ID:
# $Id: readdailyval.R,v 1.4 2012-10-27 20:48:14 steingod Exp $
#
readdailyval <- function(file) {

    mydata <- read.table(file,
            col.names=
            c("T.sat","EST","NVAL","StId","OBS"),
            na.strings="-999.99")

    return(mydata)
}