Function for reading -E- files — read_E

This function reads in monthly output (-E- .h5 files) from ED2, does unit conversions, and returns a list to be passed to put_E_values(). Cohort level variables (i.e. those ending in "_CO") are often (always?) in per-plant units rather than per area. This function converts them to per area using the plant density and patch area before converting units to PEcAn standards.

read_E_files(
  yr,
  yfiles,
  h5_files,
  outdir,
  start_date,
  end_date,
  pfts,
  settings = NULL
)

Arguments

yr: unused. For consistency with read_T_files().
yfiles: unused. For consistency with read_T_files().
h5_files: character vector of names of E h5 files (e.g. "analysis-E-1999-06-00-000000-g01.h5")
outdir: directory where ED2 output files are found
start_date: Start time of the simulation
end_date: End time of the simulation
pfts: a named vector of PFT numbers where the names are PFT names
settings: pecan settings object

Value

a list

Details

if settings is provided, then values for missing arguments for start_date, end_date, and pfts will be taken from it