This function reads in a Heidelberg (block or column) format file of ring widths (.fh).
read.fh(fname)a character vector giving the file name of the fh
file.
An object of class c("rwl", "data.frame") with the series in
columns and the years as rows. The keycodes are the column names and
the years are the row names. Depending on metadata available in the
input file, the following attributes may be present in the
data.frame:
A data.frame identifying the series. Always contains
columns "tree" and "core", may contain columns
"site", "radius", and "stemDisk". All
columns are numeric.
A data.frame containing pith offsets, formatted for
use in rcs.
This reads in a fh-file with ring widths in blocks (decadal format) or in columns (e.g., as with comment flags) as used by TSAP program. Chronologies or half-chronos in fh-format are not supported.
Rinn, F. (2003) TSAP-Win User Reference Manual. Rinntech, Heidelberg. http://www.rinntech.com/.