R: Coerce Data Into an Argo Dataset

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## Coerce Data Into an Argo Dataset

### Description

Coerce a dataset into an argo dataset. This is not the right way to read official argo datasets, which are provided in NetCDF format and may be read with `read.argo()`.

### Usage

    as.argo(
      time,
      longitude,
      latitude,
      salinity,
      temperature,
      pressure,
      units = NULL,
      id,
      filename = "",
      missingValue
    )

### Arguments

`time` | a vector of POSIXct times.
`longitude` | a vector of longitudes.
`latitude` | a vector of latitudes.
`salinity` | a vector of salinities.
`temperature` | a vector of temperatures.
`pressure` | a vector of pressures.
`units` | an optional list containing units. If `NULL`, the default, then `"degree east"` is used for `longitude`, `"degree north"` for `latitude`, `""` for `salinity`, `"ITS-90"` for `temperature`, and `"dbar"` for `pressure`.
`id` | an identifier for the argo float, typically a number, but stored within the object in a character form. (For example, the dataset retrieved with `data(argo)` has an `id` of `"6900388"`.)
`filename` | a source filename, which defaults to an empty string.
`missingValue` | an optional missing value, indicating data values that should be taken as `NA`.

### Value

An argo object.

### Author(s)

Dan Kelley

### See Also

The documentation for the argo class explains the structure of argo objects, and also outlines the other functions dealing with them.

Other things related to argo data: `[[,argo-method`, `[[<-,argo-method`, `argo-class`, `argoGrid()`, `argoNames2oceNames()`, `argo`, `handleFlags,argo-method`, `plot,argo-method`, `read.argo()`, `subset,argo-method`, `summary,argo-method`

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