R/windExampleData.R

In rcage: Regionalization of Multiscale Spatial Processes

#' Wind Point Observations
#'
#' This data set is a sample of ocean surface wind data with observations from 
#'  2 February 2005 at 12:00 Universal Coordinated Time over the Mediterranean Sea
#'  using the QuickSCAT scatterometer. Provided only to facilitate 
#'  illustrative examples.
#' 
#' @usage data(windExample)
#'
#' @format windExample contains 3 objects
#'   \describe{
#'      \item{windPt}{A SpatialPointsDataFrame containing 6916 points. The
#'        data.frame contains only one column, "vel", the observed wind velocity.}
#'      \item{windPoly}{A SpatialPolygonsDataFrame containing 4551 areas. The
#'        data.frame contains only one column, "vel", the observed wind velocity.}
#'      \item{windGrid}{A SptialPolygons object providing a 0.5 degree grid 
#'        that covers the measurement area of the Mediterranean Sea.}
#'   }
#'
#'
#' @references Milliff, R., Bonazzi, A., Wikle,C., Pinardi,N. and Berliner, L. 
#'   (2011). Ocean ensemble forecasting: Part I, Ensemble
#'   Mediterranean winds from a Bayesian hierarchical model. Quarterly Journal of
#'   the Royal Meteorological Society, 137, 858--878.
#'
#'   Wikle, C. K., Milliff, R. F., Herbei, R., and Leeds, W. B., (2013). 
#'   Modern statistical methods in oceanography: A hierarchical perspective. 
#'   Statistical Science, 28, 466-486. DOI: 10.1214/13-STS436
#'
#'
#' @aliases windPt windPoly windGrid
#' @name windExample
#' @keywords datasets
"windPt"