Reads data from a LI-850 CO2/H2O analyzer file, cleans column names,
removes columns with NA values, and adds an elapsed time column.
Handles cases where headers are repeated mid-file.
Usage
read_licor_li850(filepath)
Arguments
- filepath
Character string specifying the path to the LI-850 data file.
File should be tab-separated with a one-line header.
Value
A tibble containing the processed LI-850 data with:
All original columns except those containing NA values
Cleaned column names (lowercase, no spaces)
system_time_h_m_s converted to HMS format
New time column with seconds elapsed from start
Data combined across any mid-file header breaks
Details
The function performs the following operations:
Reads the entire file and handles any mid-file headers
Cleans column names using janitor::make_clean_names()
Removes any columns containing NA values
Converts system time to HMS format
Adds an elapsed time column in seconds
Examples
if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
# Read a LI-850 data file
data <- read_licor_li850("path/to/li850_data.txt")
} # }