SACTN_site_list: Meta-data for _in situ_ collection sites around South Africa.

Description Usage Format Source

Description

A dataset containing the meta-data for the sites found within the South African Coastal Temperature Network (SACTN).

Usage

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Format

A data frame with 135 rows and 19 variables:

order

The order of the sites along the coast

index

A unique character vector identifying each site

site

The name of the site

src

The body that collected the data

lon

The longitude of the site

lat

The latitude of the site

depth

The depthof collection in metres

type

The type of instrument used

coast

The section of the coastline where this site is found

date.start

The first day of sampling

date.end

The most recent OR last day of sampling

length

The length of the time series in days

NA.perc

The percentage of missing (NA) days

mean

The overall mean temperature in degrees Celsius

sd

The overall standard deviation in degrees Celsius

range

The overall range in degrees Celsius

min

The minimum temperature in degrees Celsius

max

The maximum temperature in degrees Celsius

DT

The decadal trend in degrees Celsius per decade

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Source

https://github.com/ajsmit/SACTN


schrob040/coastR documentation built on May 10, 2019, 1:19 p.m.