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as.argo: Coerce Data Into an Argo Dataset

Description

Coerce a dataset into an argo dataset. This is not the right way to read official argo datasets, which are provided in NetCDF format and may be read with read.argo.

Usage

as.argo(time, longitude, latitude, salinity, temperature, pressure,
  units = NULL, id, filename = "", missingValue)

Arguments

time

vector of POSIXct times.

longitude

vector of longitudes.

latitude

vector of latitudes.

salinity

vector of salinities.

temperature

vector of temperatures.

pressure

vector of pressures.

units

optional list containing units. If NULL, the default, then "degree east" is used for longitude, "degree north" for latitude, "" for salinity, "ITS-90" for temperature, and "dbar" for pressure.

id

identifier.

filename

source filename.

missingValue

Optional missing value, indicating data values that should be taken as NA.

Value

An object of argo-class.

See Also

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

Other things related to argo data: [[,argo-method, [[<-,argo-method, argo-class, argoGrid, argoNames2oceNames, argo, handleFlags,argo-method, plot,argo-method, read.argo, subset,argo-method, summary,argo-method