read_tracks: Read storm tracks into a data.table

In sieste/realstorms: Storm track analysis

Description

Create a data.table of storm tracks from a file.

Usage

read_tracks(filename = NULL, var_names = NULL)

Arguments

filename	Input file name
var_names	Vector of variable names to construct column names of the data table.

Value

A data.table with columns id, date, lat, lon, var, and possibly further variables measured along the track (mslp, precip, ...)

Examples

storms_file = system.file('extdata', 'storms.txt', package='realstorms')
## or during testing: storms_file = '../inst/extdata/storms.txt'
trx = read_tracks(storms_file, var_names=c('vor850', 'mslp', 'speed', 'precip', 'omega'))

sieste/realstorms documentation built on May 13, 2019, 1:09 p.m.