oce (version 0.2-1)

a03: WOCE section a03

Description

This is line A03 (ExpoCode 90CT40_1, with nominal sampling date 1993-09-11). The chief scientist was Tereschenkov of SOI, working aboard the Russian ship Multanovsky, undertaking a westward transect from the Mediterranean outflow region across to North America, with a change of heading in the last few dozen stations to run across the nominal Gulf Stream axis.

Usage

data(a03)

source

This is based on a WOCE file downloaded from a server, as below: a03 <- read.section("http://cchdo.ucsd.edu/data/onetime/atlantic/a03/a03_hy1.csv", sectionId="a03", ship="R/V Professor Multanovskiy", scientist="Vladimir Tereschenkov", institute="SIO") save(a03, file="oce/data/a03.rda")

See Also

See read.section for more on section-related functions and data sets.

Examples

library(oce)
# Gulf Stream (note that section runs east to west)
data(a03)
GS <- subset(a03, indices=124:102)
GSg <- sectionGrid(GS, p=seq(0, 5000, 100))
data(coastlineWorld)
plot(GSg, coastline=coastlineWorld, map.xlim=c(-80,-60))