Characteristic-class: S4 Class Definition for Characteristic object in NCRNWater

Characteristic-classR Documentation

S4 Class Definition for Characteristic object in NCRNWater

Description

An S4 class that contains the data from water monitoring for a single water quality characteristic as a single site in a single park.

Slots

CharacteristicName

The name of the water quality characteristic. Stored as a length 1 character vector.

DisplayName

A name for the characteristic suitable for display on graphs, tables etc. Stored as a length 1 character vector.

Substrate

The substrate of the characteristic, stored as a length 1 character vector.

SampleFraction

The sample fraction of the characteristic. Stored as a length 1 character vector.

Category

The category for the characteristic. Stored as a length 1 character vector.

CategoryDisplay

The display name for the category, suitable for graphs, tables etc.

Details

A description of the characteristic as needed. Stored as a length 1 character vector.

Units

The units of measurement of the characteristic. Stored as a length 1 character vector.

Data

A data.frame containing the water quality data. Should have columns representing the date, measurement, any QAQC flags etc. for each measurement.

LowerPoint,UpperPoint

Indicates the assessment points. Values lower than the lower point are considered to have failed the assessment, whereas values higher than the higher point are considered failures. Can either be a length 1 numerical vector, or a data.frame giving the lower assessment value for each measurement. The vector method should be used for assessments that do not change, whereas the data.frame is for assessment that change based on the time of the year or other factors.

LowerType,UpperType

The type of assessment indicated by the lower and upper points. A length 1 character vector.

LowerDescription,UpperDescription

A description of the lower and upper assessments point. Stored as a length 1 character vector.

AssessmentDetails

Additional description of the assessment point. Stored as a length 1 character vector.


NCRN/NCRNWater documentation built on May 15, 2023, 9:50 p.m.