R help - Feb 2012 - Using R to read Nortek Aquadopp Profiler

Hello,

I have current data from a nortek ADP, which is basically current speed and
direction data in a 3 dimensional  X Y Z format

 http://www.nortekusa.com/usa/products/current-profilers/aquadopp-profiler-1


The instrument logs data in a complex way and I was wondering if anyone has
had any experience using R to at least read the data, and perhaps smooth it
as well.  If so, are there any resources for using R for this kind of work?


Thanks,

V

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On 2/22/2012 4:53 PM, Vinny Moriarty wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have current data from a nortek ADP, which is basically current speed and
> direction data in a 3 dimensional  X Y Z format
>
>  
http://www.nortekusa.com/usa/products/current-profilers/aquadopp-profiler-1
>
>
> The instrument logs data in a complex way and I was wondering if anyone has
> had any experience using R to at least read the data, and perhaps smooth it
> as well.  If so, are there any resources for using R for this kind of work?
A quick search using Rseek.org turns up the oce package with functions 
read.adp and read.adp.nortek. I've not ever worked with such data, but 
looking at the oce package seems like a good start and also at the 
Environmetrics task view ( 
http://cran.r-project.org/web/views/Environmetrics.html ).
> Thanks,
>
> V

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