This class holds data from acoustic-Doppler velocimeters.
dataAs with all oce objects, the data slot
for adv objects is a
list containing the main data for the object.
The key items stored in this slot include time and v.
metadataAs with all oce objects, the metadata slot
for adv objects is a list containing
information about the data or about the object itself.
Examples that are of common interest include frequency, oceCordinate, and frequency.
processingLogAs with all oce objects, the processingLog slot
for adv 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.
Although the [[<- operator may permit modification of the contents
of adv objects (see [[<-,adv-method),
it is better to use oceSetData() and oceSetMetadata(),
because those functions save an entry in the processingLog
that describes the change.
The full contents of the data and metadata slots of a adv
object may be retrieved in the standard R way using slot(). For
example slot(o,"data") returns the data slot of an object named o,
and similarly slot(o,"metadata") returns
the metadata slot.
The slots may also be obtained with the [[,adv-method
operator, as e.g. o[["data"]] and o[["metadata"]], respectively.
The [[,adv-method operator can also
be used to retrieve items from within the data and metadata slots.
For example, o[["temperature"]] can be used to retrieve temperature
from an object containing that quantity. The rule is that a named
quantity is sought first within the object's metadata slot,
with the data slot being checked only if metadata does not
contain the item. This [[ method can also be used to get
certain derived quantities, if the object contains sufficient
information to calculate them. For example, an object that holds
(practical) salinity, temperature and pressure, along with
longitude and latitude, has sufficient information to compute
Absolute Salinity, and so o[["SA"]] will yield the
calculated Absolute Salinity.
It is also possible to find items more directly, using oceGetData() and
oceGetMetadata(), but neither of these functions can
retrieve derived items.
A file containing ADV data is usually recognized by Oce, and so
read.oce() will usually read the data. If not, one may use the
general ADV function read.adv() or specialized variants
read.adv.nortek(), read.adv.sontek.adr() or
read.adv.sontek.text().
ADV data may be plotted with plot,adv-method() function, which is a
generic function so it may be called simply as plot(x), where
x is an adv object.
Statistical summaries of ADV data are provided by the generic function
summary,adv-method().
Conversion from beam to xyz coordinates may be done with
beamToXyzAdv(), and from xyz to enu (east north up) may be done
with xyzToEnuAdv(). toEnuAdv() may be used to
transfer either beam or xyz to enu. Enu may be converted to other
coordinates (e.g. aligned with a coastline) with
enuToOtherAdv().
Other classes provided by oce:
adp-class,
argo-class,
bremen-class,
cm-class,
coastline-class,
ctd-class,
lisst-class,
lobo-class,
met-class,
oce-class,
odf-class,
rsk-class,
sealevel-class,
section-class,
topo-class,
windrose-class,
xbt-class
Other things related to adv data:
[[,adv-method,
[[<-,adv-method,
adv,
beamName(),
beamToXyz(),
enuToOtherAdv(),
enuToOther(),
plot,adv-method,
read.adv.nortek(),
read.adv.sontek.adr(),
read.adv.sontek.serial(),
read.adv.sontek.text(),
read.adv(),
rotateAboutZ(),
subset,adv-method,
summary,adv-method,
toEnuAdv(),
toEnu(),
velocityStatistics(),
xyzToEnuAdv(),
xyzToEnu()
data(adv)
adv[["v"]] <- 0.001 + adv[["v"]] # add 1mm/s to all velocity components
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