oce (version 0.9-14)

as.topo: Coerce data into topo dataset

Description

Coerces a dataset into a topo (topographic) dataset.

Usage

as.topo(longitude, latitude, z, filename="")

Arguments

longitude

a vector of longitudes

latitude

a vector of latitudes

z

a matrix of heights (positive over land)

filename

name of data (used when called by read.topo)

Value

• An object of class "topo".

Details

Mainly used by read.topo.

See Also

read.topo, which calls this.