prospectr (version 0.2.8)

readASD: Read ASD FieldSpec Pro binary and ASCII files

Description

Read single or multiple binary and ASCII files acquired with an ASD FieldSpec Pro (ASDi, Boulder, CO) spectroradiometer

Usage

readASD(fnames, in_format, out_format)

Value

if out_format = 'matrix', reflectance values of the input file(s) in a single matrix.

if out_format = 'list', a list of the input file(s) data consisting of a list with components:

• Name: name of the file imported

• datetime: date and time of acquisition in POSIXct format

• header: list with information from the header file

• radiance: if applicable, a numeric vector of radiance values

• reference: if applicable, a numeric vector of radiance values of the white reference

• reflectance: numeric vector of reflectance values

• wavelength: numeric vector of the band positions

Arguments

fnames

a character vector of the name(s) (with absolute path) of the file(s) to read.

in_format

the format of the input file: 'binary' or 'txt'.

out_format

the format of the output: 'matrix' (default) or 'list' (see below).

Author

Antoine Stevens (R port), Iain Robinson (matlab function) & Leonardo Ramirez-Lopez (R port)

References

Robinson, I., and A. MacArthur. 2011. The Field Spectroscopy Facility Post Processing Toolbox User Guide. Post processing spectral data in MATLAB, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.