summary.ctd {oce}R Documentation

Summarize a seawater (CTD) data object

Description

Summarizes some of the data in a ctd object.

Usage

## S3 method for class 'ctd':
summary(object, ...)

Arguments

object A ctd object, e.g. as read by read.ctd.
... passed to children.

Details

Pertinent summary information is presented, including the sampling location, data ranges, etc.

Value

None

Author(s)

Dan Kelley

References

The Seabird CTD instrument is described at http://www.seabird.com/products/spec_sheets/19plusdata.htm.

See Also

A ctd object may be read with read.ctd or created with as.ctd.

Examples

library(oce)
data(ctd)
#ctd <- read.ctd("ctdprofile.cnv")
summary(ctd)

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