Bathymetry {marelac} | R Documentation |
World Bathymetric Data
Description
This dataset contains the elevation of sea (bathymetry) and land (hypsometry) across the globe at 1 degree intervals. Dataset as used by Andersson et al. (2004).
Usage
Bathymetry
Format
A list with the bathymetry (depth) and hypsometry (altitude) of the world. It contains:
- x
the latitude,
- y
the longitude,
- z
the height (m).
Author(s)
Karline Soetaert <karline.soetaert@nioz.nl>
References
Andersson H, Wijsman J, Herman PMJ, Middelburg J, Soetaert K and Heip C, 2004. Respiration patterns in the deep ocean. Geophysical Research Letters 31, LO3304.
Examples
par(mar = c(2,2,2,2))
image(Bathymetry$x, Bathymetry$y, Bathymetry$z, col = femmecol(100),
asp = TRUE, xlab = "dg", ylab = "dg")
contour(Bathymetry$x, Bathymetry$y, Bathymetry$z, asp = TRUE, add = TRUE)
# remove land
zz <- Bathymetry$z
zz[zz>0] <- 0
image(Bathymetry$x, Bathymetry$y, zz, col = c(femmecol(100), "black"),
asp = TRUE)
contour(Bathymetry$x, Bathymetry$y, zz, asp = TRUE, add = TRUE)
[Package marelac version 2.1.11 Index]