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Change the naming convention of measurement variables

Peter Levy

2026-03-03

changing_names.Rmd

This vignette illustrates how to change the naming convention of measurement variables.

Local names in original data file

We start with the ad hoc names given locally to variables in the raw data file we have read in.

library(metamet)

names(mm1$dt)
#> [1] "TIMESTAMP"    "P_12_1_1"     "D_SNOW_4_1_1" "site"

Convert to ICOS naming convention 

mm1_icos <- change_naming_convention(mm1, name_convention = "name_icos")
names(mm1_icos$dt)
#> [1] "TIMESTAMP"    "P_12_1_1"     "D_SNOW_4_1_1" "site"

Convert to ERA5 naming convention 

names(mm1_icos$dt)
#> [1] "TIMESTAMP"    "P_12_1_1"     "D_SNOW_4_1_1" "site"
mm1_era5 <- change_naming_convention(mm1, name_convention = "name_era5")
names(mm1_era5$dt)
#> [1] "time"      "tp_12_1_1" "sd_4_1_1"  "site"