This dataset is a sample from SeaWiFS Ocean Color Satellite Observations taken over the coastal Gulf of Alaska from 1998 to 2001 and ROMS Ocean Model. Data are provided only to facilitate illustrative examples.
data(oceanExample)
oceanExample contains 2 objects:
A SpatialPointsDataFrame containing 5255 points containing the following 6 columns:
A 170x2 matrix of knots in long/lat for the region spanned by data set ocean
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Wikle, C. K., Milliff, R. F., Herbei, R., and Leeds, W. B. (2013). Modern statistical methods in oceanography: A hierarchical perspective. Statistical Science, 28, 466-486.