parameter_definitions: parameter definitions dataframe

Description

a dataframe containing definitions of parameters to plot or to save by v, readbin and writebin.

Usage

data(parameter_definitions)

Arguments

Value

a dataframe with the following header, containing definitions of parameters to plot or to save by v, readbin and writebin:

param a b c log name1 unit pal1 minv maxv min max invalid_data_dc coast_dc land_dc no_data_dc

param: character string indicating the keyword of a parameter.
a,b,c: value for parameter parameter data conversion from/to byte data. (See param_convert and param_unconvert)
log: whether a logarithmic formula should be applied for data conversion (0 for FALSE and 1 for TRUE; See param_convert and param_unconvert).
name: character string indicating the long name of a parameter.
unit: character string or bgroup statement indicating the parameter unit.
pal1: default color map used by v calls on parameter related data.
minv, maxv: default minimum and maximum z-value used by v calls on parameter related data.
min, max: minimum and maximum byte-values to be considered when calculating absolute values.
invalid_data_dc, coast_dc, land_dc & no_data_dc: byte values used to mask invalid data, coast lines, land masses and missing data.

Format

data.frame

Author

Robert K. Bauer

Examples

Run this code

## Example
data(parameter_definitions)
head(parameter_definitions)

# selecting sea surface temperature parameter definition
parameter_definitions[parameter_definitions$param == "sst2",]

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