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met: Sample Met Object

Description

This is sample met object containing data for Halifax, Nova Scotia, during September of 2003 (the period during which Hurricane Juan struck the city).

Arguments

Source

Downloaded from the Environment Canada website on May 29, 2014, and processed as follows.
met <- read.met('http://climate.weather.gc.ca/climateData/bulkdata_e.html?format=csv&stationID=6358&Year=2003&Month=9&Day=17&timeframe=1&submit=Download+Data')
met[['time']] <- met[['time']] + 4 * 3600
(Note the conversion from local standard time to UTC.)

See Also

Other datasets provided with oce: adp, adv, argo, cm, coastlineWorld, colors, ctdRaw, ctd, echosounder, landsat, lisst, lobo, rsk, sealevelTuktoyaktuk, sealevel, section, topoWorld, wind

Other things related to met data: [[,met-method, [[<-,met-method, as.met, met-class, plot,met-method, read.met, subset,met-method, summary,met-method