GetSiteCovariates = function(fspec='SiteCovariates.csv') { d = read.csv(fspec) lat = unlist(d[1,-1]) lon = unlist(d[2,-1]) elev = unlist(d[3,-1]) area = unlist(d[4,-1]) GSF = unlist(d[5,-1]) LAI = unlist(d[6,-1]) data.frame(lat, lon, elev, area, GSF, LAI) }