geofield: Geofield class format

In adeckmyn/meteogrid: Gridded meteorological data

Geofield class format

Description

The main object class for gridded data. Consists of a matrix with a number of attributes.

Usage

as.geofield(x=NA, domain, time = "", info = list()) 
is.geofield(x)
## S3 method for class 'geofield'
print(x, ...)

Arguments

x	a data matrix. If a vecor (or single value), this is cast to a matrix with dimensions required by the domain.
domain	A geodomain that should describe a domain with exactly the dimensions of x.
time, info	Time and a list of information that are added as attributes to the resulting geofield object.
...	Not used.

Details

The geofield class consists a data matrix and some attributes that describe the domain and the field value. An object is a data matrix with the following attributes:

• domainThe domain description, a geodomain class object. This is itself a list with elements: projection: Details of the grid's projection.\ nx,ny: Number of gridpoints SW,NE: (Latitude,Longitude) pairs describing the outer cornes of the grid.

• timeDate and time information of the data field.

• infoOther information.

Value

is.geofield	returns TRUE if x is a geofield object.
as.geofield	returns a geofield object. If x is a matrix and a domain is specified, this is added as an attribute.

See Also

geodomain

adeckmyn/meteogrid documentation built on Jan. 13, 2025, 11:02 p.m.