marmap (version 0.9.4)

summary.bathy: Summary of bathymetric data of class bathy

Description

Summary of bathymetric data of class bathy. Provides geographic bounds and resolution (in minutes) of the dataset, statistics on depth data, and a preview of the bathymetric matrix.

Usage

## S3 method for class 'bathy':
summary(object, \dots)

Arguments

object

object of class bathy

...

additional arguments affecting the summary produced (see base function summary).

Value

• Information on the geographic bounds of the dataset (minimum and maximum latitude and longitude), resolution of the matrix in minutes, statistics on the depth data (e.g. min, max, median...), and a preview of the data.

See Also

read.bathy, plot.bathy

Examples

# load NW Atlantic data
data(nw.atlantic)

# use as.bathy
atl <- as.bathy(nw.atlantic)

# class bathy
class(atl)

# summarize data of class bathy
summary(atl)