# NOT RUN {
if (require(gstat)) {
library(sp)
data(wind)
wind.loc$y = as.numeric(char2dms(as.character(wind.loc[["Latitude"]])))
wind.loc$x = as.numeric(char2dms(as.character(wind.loc[["Longitude"]])))
coordinates(wind.loc) = ~x+y
proj4string(wind.loc) = "+proj=longlat +datum=WGS84"
# match station order to names in wide table:
stations = 4:15
wind.loc = wind.loc[match(names(wind[stations]), wind.loc$Code),]
row.names(wind.loc) = wind.loc$Station
wind$time = ISOdate(wind$year+1900, wind$month, wind$day, 0)
space = list(values = names(wind)[stations])
wind.st = stConstruct(wind[stations], space, wind$time, SpatialObj = wind.loc)
wind.sti = stInteraction(wind.st)
# temporal means for any station should be zero:
c(mean(wind.sti[3,]),
# spatial mean for each time step should be zero:
mean(wind.sti[,5][[1]]))
}
# }
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