wind {oce}

Sample Wind Data

Description

Wind data inferred from Figure 5 of Koch et al. (1983), provided to illustrate the interpBarnes() function. Columns wind$x and wind$y are location, while wind$z is the wind speed, in m/s.

References

S. E. Koch and M. DesJardins and P. J. Kocin, 1983. “An interactive Barnes objective map analysis scheme for use with satellite and conventional data,” J. Climate Appl. Met., vol 22, p. 1487-1503.

See Also

Other datasets provided with oce: adp, adv, amsr, argo, cm, coastlineWorld, ctdRaw, ctd, echosounder, landsat, lisst, lobo, met, ocecolors, rsk, sealevelTuktoyaktuk, sealevel, section, topoWorld, xbt