oce (version 0.9-18)

bremen-class: Class for data stored in a format used at Bremen

Description

Class for data stored in a format used at Bremen. This is somewhat unusual amongst oce classes, in that it does not map to a particular instrument, but rather to a storage type; in that sense, it is similar to the odf-class.

Methods

Consider an object named bremen.

Accessing metadata. Metadata (contained in the S4 slot named metadata) may be retrieved or set by name, bremen[["longitude"]] <- bremen[["longitude"]] + 1 corrects a one-degree error. Use names(bremen@metadata) to find the names of the metadata.

Accessing measured data.

Column data may be accessed by name, e.g. bremen[["u"]], bremen[["v"]], bremen[["pressure"]], etc. There may also be columns for "temperature" and "salinity", and possibly other things. Use names(bremen@data) to find the names of the data. Overview of contents. The show method (e.g. show(bremen)) displays information about the object. The summary method shows some statistical information.

See Also

A file containing Bremen profile data may be read with read.bremen. Statistical summaries are provided by summary.bremen, while show displays an overview. Bremen objects may be plotted with plot.bremen, although it is more common to coerce to another class and plot that.