Read environmental and pollutant variables — read_fcr

Reads Excel files with environmnetal proporties and substance coefficents.

Usage

read_fcr_input(input_path, pollutantName, siteName, fertilizerName = "none")

Arguments

input_path: Path of the folder "pollutants" and "sites" that contain the input data excel sheets
pollutantName: Name of Pollutant as in filename of the pollutant (prefix before "_sheet.xslx)
siteName: Name of the site as in filename of the environment sheet (prefix before "_sheet.xslx)
fertilizerName: Name of the fertilizer as in filename of the fertilizer sheet (prefix before "_sheet.xslx). If fertilizerName = "none", fertilizer application and pollutant concentration will be set to 0.

Value

List of two items names "dat" and "info" and containing all the input variable data (information about distribution type, distribution parameters, type of variability and a unique variable ID) and additional information of how to simulate substance behavior.

Details

Both input files must have the same path. The pollutant excel files must be named "'pollutantName'_sheet.xlsx". Furthermore, both excel tables must have the same number of columns and column names.