oce (version 0.8-3)

as.drifter: Coerce data into drifter dataset

Description

Coerces a dataset into a drifter dataset.

Usage

as.drifter(time, longitude, latitude, salinity, temperature, pressure, 
           id, filename="", missingValue)

Arguments

time

time of observation

longitude

longitude of observation

latitude

latitude of observation

salinity

salinity of observation

temperature

temperature of observation

pressure

pressure of observation

id

drifter identifier

filename

source filename

missingValue

optional missing value, indicating data that should be taken as NA.

Value

• An object of class "drifter".

Details

This function assembles vectors into a drifter object, e.g. so that plot.drifter can be used.

See Also

The documentation for drifter-class explains the structure of drifter objects, and also outlines the other functions dealing with them.