R: Sample Met Object

met {oce} | R Documentation

## Sample Met Object

### Description

This is sample `met` object containing data for Halifax, Nova Scotia, during September of 2003 (the period during which Hurricane Juan struck the city).

### Source

Downloaded from the Environment Canada website on May 29, 2014, and processed as follows.

    met <- read.met('http://climate.weather.gc.ca/climateData/bulkdata_e.html?format=csv&stationID=6358&Year=2003&Month=9&Day=17&timeframe=1&submit=Download+Data')
    met[['time']] <- met[['time']] + 4 * 3600

(Note the conversion from local standard time to UTC.)

### See Also

Other datasets provided with `oce`: `adp`, `adv`, `argo`, `cm`, `coastlineWorld`, `colors`, `ctdRaw`, `ctd`, `echosounder`, `landsat`, `lisst`, `lobo`, `rsk`, `sealevelTuktoyaktuk`, `sealevel`, `section`, `topoWorld`, `wind`

Other things related to `met` data: `[[,met-method`, `[[<-,met-method`, `as.met`, `met-class`, `plot,met-method`, `read.met`, `subset,met-method`, `summary,met-method`

[Package oce version 0.9-20 Index]