getObs {StormR}

Getting observations

Description

The getObs() function returns observed track data for a storm in a storm or stormsList object.

Usage

getObs(s, ...)

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

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

Arguments

s

storm or stormsList object

...

extra argument 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 object have the same name. Default value is set to NULL.

Value

A data.frame.

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 observed track data for the tropical
#cyclone Niran in the sts object
getObs(getStorm(sts, name = "NIRAN"))
getObs(sts, name = "NIRAN")