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oce (version 1.0-1)

sealevel-class: Class to Store Sealevel Data

Description

This class stores sealevel data, e.g. from a tide gauge.

Arguments

Slots

data

As with all oce objects, the data slot for sealevel objects is a list containing the main data for the object. The key items stored in this slot are time and elevation.

metadata

As with all oce objects, the metadata slot for sealevel objects is a list containing information about the data or about the object itself. An example of the former might be the location at which a sealevel measurement was made, stored in longitude and latitude, and of the latter might be filename, the name of the data source.

processingLog

As with all oce objects, the processingLog slot for sealevel objects is a list with entries describing the creation and evolution of the object. The contents are updated by various oce functions to keep a record of processing steps. Object summaries and processingLogShow both display the log.

Modifying slot contents

Although the [[<- operator may permit modification of the contents of sealevel objects (see [[<-,sealevel-method), it is better to use oceSetData and oceSetMetadata, because that will save an entry in the processingLog to describe the change.

Retrieving slot contents

The full contents of the data and metadata slots of a sealevel object named sealevel may be retrieved in the standard R way. For example, slot(sealevel, "data") and slot(sealevel, "metadata") return the data and metadata slots, respectively. The [[,sealevel-method operator can also be used to access slots, with sealevel[["data"]] and sealevel[["metadata"]], respectively. Furthermore, [[,sealevel-method can be used to retrieve named items (and potentially some derived items) within the metadata and data slots, the former taking precedence over the latter in the lookup. It is also possible to find items more directly, using oceGetData and oceGetMetadata, but this cannot retrieve derived items.

See Also

Other classes provided by oce: adp-class, adv-class, argo-class, bremen-class, cm-class, coastline-class, ctd-class, lisst-class, lobo-class, met-class, oce-class, odf-class, rsk-class, section-class, topo-class, windrose-class

Other things related to sealevel data: [[,sealevel-method, [[<-,sealevel-method, as.sealevel, plot,sealevel-method, read.sealevel, sealevelTuktoyaktuk, sealevel, subset,sealevel-method, summary,sealevel-method