Analysis of Oceanographic data


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Documentation for package ‘oce’ version 0.1-82

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A B C D E F G H I L M N O P R S T U V W X

-- --

+.section Bind CTD profiles together into a cross section

-- A --

a03 WOCE section a03
ad.beam.name Name an acoustic-doppler beam.
add.column Add a column to an oce object
adp ADP (acoustic-doppler profiler) dataset
air.hal Time-series of wind and temperature at Halifax, Canada.
air.rho Air density
angle.remap Convert an angle from the 0:360 range to -180:180
apply.magnetic.declination Earth magnetic declination
as.coastline Coerce data into coastline dataset
as.ctd Coerce data into ctd dataset
as.sealevel Coerce data into sea-level dataset
as.topo Coerce data into topo dataset
as.windrose Create a windrose object

-- B --

bcd2integer Decode BCD to integer
beam.attenuate.adp Attenuate ADP beam signal strength
beam.to.xyz.adp Convert ADP from beam coordinates to xyz coordinates
beam.to.xyz.adv Convert ADV from beam coordinates to xyz coordinates
byte2binary Format bytes as binary

-- C --

coastline.hal Coastline data set, showing Halifax Harbour
coastline.maritimes Coastline data set, showing Maritime provinces of Canada
coastline.sle Coastline of St Lawrence Estuary
coastline.world World coastline
coordinate Determine coordinate system for acoustic-doppler device
coriolis Coriolis parameter on rotating earth
ctd Seawater CTD profile
ctd.add.column Add a column to a CTD file
ctd.decimate Decimate a CTD profile
ctd.raw Seawater CTD profile, without trimming of extraneous data
ctd.trim Trim start/end portions of a CTD cast
ctd.update.header Update a CTD header
ctime.to.seconds Interpret a character string as a time interval

-- D --

decimate Decimate an oce object
despike Remove spikes from a time series
detrend Detrend a set of observations
draw.isopycnals Draw isopycnal curves on an existing temperature-salinity plot
drawpalette Draw a palette on the right-hand side of plot device

-- E --

enu.to.other.adp Convert ADP from east-north-up coordinates to other coordinates
enu.to.other.adv Convert ADV from east-north-up coordinates to other coordinates

-- F --

fill.gap Fill a gap in an oce object
formatci Format a confidence interval in parenthetic notation
full.filename full name of file, including path

-- G --

geod.dist Geodesic distance on earth
geod.xy Convert lat/lon to x/y on earth
GMT.offset.from.tz Determine time offset from timezone
gravity Acceleration due to earth gravity

-- H --

header Return the header for an Oce data object

-- I --

imagep Plot an image with a colour palette
integer2ascii Decode integer to corresponding ASCII code
interp.barnes Grid data using Barnes algorithm
is.beam Determine coordinate system for acoustic-doppler device
is.enu Determine coordinate system for acoustic-doppler device
is.xyz Determine coordinate system for acoustic-doppler device

-- L --

lat.format Format a latitude
latlon.format Format a latitude-longitude pair
lobo lobo dataset
logger.toc Decode table-of-contents file from a datalogger
lon.format Format a longitude

-- M --

magic Find the type of an oceanographic data file
magnetic.declination Earth magnetic declination
make.filter Make a digital filter
make.section Bind CTD profiles together into a cross section
matchBytes Find spots in a raw vector that match a given byte sequence.
matrix.smooth Smooth a matrix.
munk1966 Munk's (1966) temperature profile

-- N --

number.as.POSIXct Convert a numeric time to a POSIXct time

-- O --

oce.approx Interpolate with Reiniger-Ross algorithm
oce.as.POSIXlt More general form of as.POSIXlt
oce.axis.POSIXct Modified version of axis.POSIXct
oce.bisect Find the root of a function by bisection
oce.colors.gebco Create a palette of colours
oce.colors.jet Create a palette of colours
oce.colors.palette Create a palette of colours
oce.colors.two Create a palette of colours
oce.debug Print a debugging message
oce.edit Edit an oce object
oce.filter Filter a time-series, possibly recursively
oce.plot.sticks Draw a stick-plot diagram
oce.plot.ts Plot a time-series, obeying the timezone
oce.smooth Smooth an oce object
oce.spectrum Wrapper to give normalized spectrum
oce.write.table Write the data portion of object to a file

-- P --

parse.latlon Parse a latitude or longitude string
plot.adp Plot ADP data
plot.adv Plot ADV data
plot.cm Plot cm (current meter) data
plot.coastline Plot a coastline
plot.ctd Plot seawater CTD data
plot.ctd.scan Plot seawater data in a low-level fashion
plot.lobo Plot lobo data
plot.profile Plot a CTD profile of various quantities
plot.pt Plot pt (pressure-temperature) recorder data
plot.sealevel Plot sealevel data
plot.section Plot a CTD section
plot.tidem Plot a tidal fit
plot.topo Plot topography data
plot.TS Plot temperature-salinity diagram for seawater (CTD) data
plot.windrose Plot a wind rose diagram
predict.tidem Predict a time series from a tidal model
print.summary.adp Summarize an ADP object
print.summary.adv Summarize an ADV object
print.summary.cm Summarize a cm (current meter) object
print.summary.coastline Summarize a coastline data object
print.summary.ctd Summarize a CTD object
print.summary.lobo Summarize a lobo data object
print.summary.pt Summarize a pt object
print.summary.sealevel Summarize a sealevel object
print.summary.section Summarize a CTD section
print.summary.tidem Summarize a tide-model object
print.summary.topo Summarize a topography data object
print.summary.windrose Summarize a windrose data object
print.tidem Fit a tidal model to a timeseries
processing.log.add Add an item to a processing log
processing.log.append Copy an object, but with an updated processing log.
processing.log.item Create a processing-log item
processing.log.summary Summarize the processing log of an object
pt.patm Estimate atmospheric pressure in pt record
pt.trim Trim start/end portions of a pt cast
ptr ptr (pressure-temperature) dataset
pwelch Welch periodogram

-- R --

rangelimit Substitute NA for data outside a range
read.adp Read an ADP data file
read.adp.nortek Read an ADP data file
read.adp.rdi Read an ADP data file
read.adp.sontek Read an ADP data file
read.adp.sontek.serial Read an ADP data file
read.adv Read an ADV data file
read.adv.nortek Read an ADV data file
read.adv.sontek.adr Read an ADV data file
read.adv.sontek.serial Read an ADV data file
read.adv.sontek.text Read an ADV data file
read.cm Read a current-meter data file
read.cm.s4 Read a current-meter data file
read.coastline Scan a coastline data file
read.coastline.shapefile Scan a coastline data file
read.ctd Read a CTD data file
read.ctd.sbe Read a CTD data file
read.ctd.woce Read a CTD data file
read.lobo Read a lobo data file
read.oce Read an oceanographic data file
read.pt Read an TDR temperature-depth recorder data file
read.sealevel Read a sea-level data file
read.section Read a section containing multiple CTD profiles
read.topo Read an topography file
resizable.label Provide axis names in adjustable sizes
retime Adjust the time within Oce object
RRprofile Seawater profile used by Reiniger and Ross (1968)

-- S --

sealevel.hal Sea-level data set, from Halifax Harbour
sealevel.tuk Sea-level data set, from Tuktoyaktuk (1975)
seconds.to.ctime Convert a time interval to a colon-separated string
section Seawater CTD section
section.grid Grid a section
section.smooth Smooth a section (preliminary version that may change)
section.sort Sort a section
show.fives Show summary-style fivenum stats
stickplot Draw a stick-plot diagram
subset.oce Subset an oce object
summary.adp Summarize an ADP object
summary.adv Summarize an ADV object
summary.cm Summarize a cm (current meter) object
summary.coastline Summarize a coastline data object
summary.ctd Summarize a CTD object
summary.lobo Summarize a lobo data object
summary.pt Summarize a pt object
summary.sealevel Summarize a sealevel object
summary.section Summarize a CTD section
summary.tidem Summarize a tide-model object
summary.topo Summarize a topography data object
summary.windrose Summarize a windrose data object
sun.angle Solar angle as function of space and time.
sw.alpha Seawater thermal expansion coefficient
sw.alpha.over.beta Ratio of seawater thermal expansion coefficient to haline contraction coefficient
sw.beta Seawater haline contraction coefficient
sw.conductivity Seawater conductivity
sw.depth Water depth
sw.dynamic.height Dynamic height of seawater profile
sw.lapse.rate Seawater lapse rate
sw.N2 Squared buoyancy frequency for seawater
sw.rho Seawater density
sw.S.C.T.p Seawater salinity from conductivity ratio, temperature and pressure
sw.S.T.rho Seawater salinity from temperature and density
sw.sigma Seawater density anomaly
sw.sigma.t Seawater quasi-potential density anomaly
sw.sigma.theta Seawater potential density anomaly
sw.sound.speed Seawater sound speed
sw.specific.heat Seawater specific heat
sw.spice Seawater spiciness
sw.T.freeze Seawater freezing temperature
sw.T.S.rho Seawater temperature from salinity and density
sw.theta Seawater potential temperature
sw.viscosity Seawater viscosity
sw.z Water depth

-- T --

tidedata Tidal constituent information
tidem Fit a tidal model to a timeseries
tidem.astron Do ephemeris calculations for tidem
tidem.vuf Do ephemeris calculations for tidem
to.enu.adp Convert ADP to enu coordinates, from any other coordinates
to.enu.adv Convert ADV to enu coordinates, from any other coordinates
topo.maritimes Topographic dataset, showing Maritime region of Canada
topo.world Global topographic dataset at half-degree resolution

-- U --

unabbreviate.year Determine year from various abbreviations
undrift.time Correct for drift in instrument clock
unwrap.angle Unwrap an angle that suffers modulo-360 problems
use.heading Replace the heading for one instrument with the heading for another

-- V --

vector.show Show some values from a vector

-- W --

wind Wind dataset
window.oce Window an oce object by time
write.ctd Write a CTD data object as a .csv file

-- X --

xyz.to.enu.adp Convert ADP from xyz coordinates to enu coordinates
xyz.to.enu.adv Convert ADV from xyz coordinates to enu coordinates