oce (version 0.8-3)

ctdUpdateHeader: Update a CTD header

Description

Update the header of a ctd object

Usage

ctdUpdateHeader(x, debug=FALSE)

Arguments

x

A ctd object, e.g. as read by read.ctd.

debug

Set to TRUE for debugging.

Value

• A new ctd object.

Details

Update the header of a ctd object, e.g. adjusting nvalues and the span of each column. This is done automatically by ctdTrim, for example.

References

The Seabird CTD instrument is described at http://www.seabird.com/products/spec_sheets/19plusdata.htm.

See Also

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

Examples

library(oce)
data(ctd) 
ctd@data$pressure <- ctd@data$pressure + 3
ctdNew <- ctdUpdateHeader(ctd)