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as.argo: Coerce Data Into an Argo Dataset

Description

Coerce a dataset into an argo dataset. This is not the right way to read official argo datasets, which are provided in NetCDF format and may be read with read.argo.

Usage

as.argo(time, longitude, latitude, salinity, temperature, pressure, units = NULL, id, filename = "", missingValue)

Arguments

time
vector of POSIXct times.
longitude
vector of longitudes.
latitude
vector of latitudes.
salinity
vector of salinities.
temperature
vector of temperatures.
pressure
vector of pressures.
units
optional list containing units. If NULL, the default, then "degree east" is used for longitude, "degree north" for latitude, "" for salinity, "ITS-90" for temperature, and "dbar" for pressure.
id
identifier.
filename
source filename.
missingValue
Optional missing value, indicating data values that should be taken as NA.

Value

An object of argo-class.

See Also

The documentation for argo-class explains the structure of argo objects, and also outlines the other functions dealing with them.

Other things related to argo data: [[,argo-method, [[<-,argo-method, argo-class, argoGrid, argo, handleFlags,argo-method, plot,argo-method, read.argo, subset,argo-method, summary,argo-method