R help - Aug 2006 - EOF and CCA analysis

Hello!
I would like to do Empirical Orthogonal functions and
Canonical correlation analysis on satellite data. My
matrices are going to be very big (more than 10,000
locations). Are there limitations in R regarding the
size of the matrix?
thanks a lot
regards
Isidora

More than 10,000 locations but how many variables?

Like all computer programs there are limitations, but they are largely 
imposed by your environment, so what OS and how much RAM do you have?

On Tue, 29 Aug 2006, isidora k wrote:
> Hello!
> I would like to do Empirical Orthogonal functions and
> Canonical correlation analysis on satellite data. My
> matrices are going to be very big (more than 10,000
> locations). Are there limitations in R regarding the
> size of the matrix?
> thanks a lot
> regards
> Isidora
> 
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I have got windows and 1Gb ram. my matrices are
monthly data for 10 years for sometimes more than
10,000 locations. I am going to perform the EOF on one
variable at a time and then the CCA on the principal
components that I will get from EOF. Do you think I
could do that in R?I could also find a macintosh I
could work with or get more RAM if you think this will
cause problems, but I am more concerned with the
software limitations if any!
thank you so much for your help.
Kind Regards
Isidora