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oce (version 0.9-18)

ladp-class: Class to store hydrographic data

Description

Class to store hydrographic data such as measured with a lowered ADP (also known as ADCP) device.

Arguments

Methods

Consider an object named ladp.

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

Accessing measured data.

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

See Also

Data may be coerced into an ladp object with as.ladp.