Class for data stored in a format used at Canadian Department of Fisheries
and Oceans laboratories. This is somewhat unusual amongst oce
classes, in that it does not map to a particular instrument, but rather to a
storage type; in that sense, it is similar to the bremen-class.
Consider an ODF object named odf.
Accessing metadata.
Metadata (contained in the S4 slot named metadata) may be retrieved
or set by name, odf[["longitude"]] <- odf[["longitude"]] + 1 corrects
a one-degree error.
Accessing measured data.
Column data may be accessed by name, e.g. odf[["salinity"]],
odf[["temperature"]], odf[["pressure"]], etc. It is up to the
user to realize what is in the object.
Assigning values.
Items stored in the object may be altered with e.g. odf[["salinity"]]
<- rep(35,10).
Overview of contents.
The show method (e.g. show(odf)) displays information about
the object.
Other things related to odf data: ODF2oce,
ODFNames2oceNames,
[[,odf-method,
[[<-,odf-method,
plot,odf-method,
read.ctd.odf, read.odf,
subset,odf-method,
summary,odf-method
Other classes provided by oce: adp-class,
adv-class, argo-class,
bremen-class, cm-class,
coastline-class, ctd-class,
echosounder-class,
lisst-class, lobo-class,
met-class, oce-class,
rsk-class, sealevel-class,
section-class, topo-class,
windrose-class