oce (version 0.5-1)

argo: ARGO drifter dataset

Description

This is an ARGO drifter data object, for drifter 6900388, downloaded in July 2011. These data were collected and made freely available by the International Argo Program and the national programs that contribute to it. (http://www.argo.ucsd.edu, http://argo.jcommops.org). The Argo Program is part of the Global Ocean Observing System.

Usage

data(argo)

source

http://www.usgodae.org/ftp/outgoing/argo/dac/bodc/6900388

See Also

See read.drifter for notes on the contents of drifter objects, and for functions to work with them.

Examples

# How data were created
argo <- read.drifter("/data/OAR/6900388_traj.nc")
library(oce)
data(argo)
summary(argo)
data(coastlineWorld)
plot(argo, which="trajectory", coastline=coastlineWorld)