| argo_floats_atlantic_2003 {bmstdr} | R Documentation |
Temperature and salinity data from Argo floats in the North Atlantic Ocean at three layers of depth: surface (less than 50 meters), mid-layer (between 475-525 meters) and deep (975 to 1025 meters) during 2003.
Description
Temperature and salinity data from Argo floats in the North Atlantic Ocean at three layers of depth: surface (less than 50 meters), mid-layer (between 475-525 meters) and deep (975 to 1025 meters) during 2003.
Usage
argo_floats_atlantic_2003
Format
An object of class data.frame with 6978 rows and 11 columns.
Source
Sahu and Challenor (2008) @format A data frame with 6978 rows and 11 columns:
- lon
Longitude of the argo float
- lat
Latitude of the argo float
- time
Cumulative day of the year in 2003
- day
Day within each month in 2003
- month
Month in 2003
- temp
Temperature recorded by the Argo float in degree Celsius
- sali
Salinity in practical salinity units
- xlon
Centered and scaled values of longitude at each depth
- xlat
Centered and scaled values of latitude at each depth
- xinter
Centered and scaled values of longitude times latitude at each depth
References
Sahu SK, Challenor P (2008). “A space-time model for joint modeling of ocean temperature and salinity levels as measured by Argo floats.” Environmetrics, 19, 509-528.
Examples
head(argo_floats_atlantic_2003)
# Data for the surface layer
surface <- argo_floats_atlantic_2003[argo_floats_atlantic_2003$depth==1, ]
# Data for the mid-layer
midlayer <- argo_floats_atlantic_2003[argo_floats_atlantic_2003$depth==2, ]
# Data at the deep ocean
deep <- argo_floats_atlantic_2003[argo_floats_atlantic_2003$depth==3, ]