getNbObs {StormR}

Getting the number of observations

Description

The getNbObs() function returns the number of observations for a storm in a storm or stormsList object.

Usage

getNbObs(s, ...)

## S4 method for signature 'storm'
getNbObs(s)

## S4 method for signature 'stormsList'
getNbObs(s, name, season = NULL)

Arguments

s

storm or stormsList object.

...

extra arguments for stormsList

name

character. Name of the storm in capital letters.

season

numeric. Cyclonic season of the storm. Required only if several storm in the s have the same name. Default value is set to NULL.

Value

numeric.

Examples

#Creating a stormsDataset
sds <- defStormsDataset()

#Getting storm track data for all storms near New Caledonia
sts <- defStormsList(sds=sds, loi = "New Caledonia")

##Getting the number of observations for the tropical cyclone Niran in the sts object
getNbObs(getStorm(sts, name = "NIRAN"))
getNbObs(sts, name = "NIRAN")