Homogenize LTER Soil Organic Matter Working Group data and notes — data

The function data_homogonization imports data and a key translation file from a Google Directory that the user is able to access. Data are homogenized to feature common header names and units, and dataset-level notes appended to each data file. Output includes standardized data and notes to a local directory on the user"s computer that are also uploaded to the Google Directory identified by the user as containing the source data and key translation file. Modified data are appeneded with the string "HMGZD".

data_homogenization(directoryName, temporaryDirectory)

Arguments

directoryName	The URL of the Google Drive directory containing data and a key translation file
temporaryDirectory	The quoted path and name of a temporary directory on the user's local computer for storing script output. The directory does not have to exist. The directory should end with a forward slash (Mac, Linux) or backward slash (Windows).

Value

Homogenized data and notes in a local directory identified by the user, and uploaded to the Google Drive source directory.

Note

data_homogonization relies on the helper function sheet_download.

Examples

if (FALSE) {

 data_homogonization(directoryName = 'CDR_E120',
                     temporaryDirectory = '~/Desktop/CRD_E120_output/')

}