df_visit_season Link each recorded visit to a corresponding monitoring season, this function is used in ts_monit_site

df_visit_season(ts_season, m_visit, DateFormat = "%Y-%m-%d")

Arguments

ts_season

data.table returned by ts_monit_season with the detail time-series of the monitoring season.

m_visit

data.table or data.frame with Date and Site ID for each monitoring visit.

DateFormat

format used for the date in the visit data, default="%Y-%m-%d".

Value

A data.table where each visit is attributed a monitoring year, the M_YEAR as this can differ the date (see detail)

Details

The value of M_YEAR should be used as Monitoring year as this can differ form the YEAR if the monitoring season covers two calendar years (e.g. November to June).

See also

Author

Reto Schmucki - reto.schmucki@mail.mcgill.ca