oce (version 0.9-18)

read.argo: Read an Argo data file

Description

Read an Argo file, producing an object of type argo.

Usage

read.argo(file, debug=getOption("oceDebug"), processingLog, ...)

Arguments

file

a character string giving the name of the file to load.

debug

a flag that turns on debugging. Set to 1 to get a moderate amount of debugging information, or to 2 to get more.

processingLog

if provided, the action item to be stored in the log. (Typically only provided for internal calls; the default that it provides is better for normal calls by a user.)

...

additional arguments, passed to called routines.

Value

• An object of class "argo".

Details

This reads netCDF formatted ARGO data, as described at [2]

References

1. http://www.argo.ucsd.edu/

2. http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00187/29825/40575.pdf documents the codes used in the netCDF files.

See Also

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

Examples

library(oce)
d <- read.argo("/data/OAR/6900388_prof.nc")
summary(d)
plot(d)