as.topo {oce}R Documentation

Coerce data into topo dataset

Description

Coerces a dataset into a topo (topographic) dataset.

Usage

as.topo(longitude, latitude, z, units=NULL, filename="")

Arguments

longitude

either a vector of longitudes, or a bathy object created by getNOAA.bathy() from the marmap package; in the second case, all other arguments are ignored

latitude

a vector of latitudes

z

a matrix of heights (positive over land)

units

an optional list giving units for longitude, latitude and z.

filename

name of data (used when called by read.topo)

Details

Mainly used by read.topo.

Value

An object of class "topo".

Author(s)

Dan Kelley

See Also

read.topo, which calls this.


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