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I am a physical oceanographer interested in how ocean water is mixed and transformed. I am a Research Scientist at the Bedford Institute of Oceanography in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

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Using the R apply() family with oce objects 2015-09-01 Introduction In the oce package, the various different data formats are stored in consistently structured objects. In this post, I’ll explore a way to access elements of multiple oce objects using the R lapply(), from the apply family of functions. Example with a ctd object The objects always contain three fields (or “slots”): metadata, data, and processingLog. The layout of the object can be visualized using the str() command, like: ...
Hello R Markdown 2015-07-23 R Markdown This is an R Markdown document. Markdown is a simple formatting syntax for authoring HTML, PDF, and MS Word documents. For more details on using R Markdown see http://rmarkdown.rstudio.com. You can embed an R code chunk like this: summary(cars) ## speed dist ## Min. : 4.0 Min. : 2.00 ## 1st Qu.:12.0 1st Qu.: 26.00 ## Median :15.0 Median : 36.00 ## Mean :15.4 Mean : 42.98 ## 3rd Qu. ...
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Switching from Matlab to R: Part 1 2014-01-19 Introduction I was thinking recently about how best to help someone transitioning from Matlab(TM) to R, and did my best to recall what sorts of things I struggled with when I made the switch. Though I resisted for quite a while, when I finally committed to making the change I recall that it mostly happened in a matter of weeks. It helped that my thesis supervisor exclusively used R, and we were working on code for a paper together at the time, but in the end I found that the switch was easier than I had anticipated. ...
Sample Post 2012-12-25 This is an R Markdown document. Markdown is a simple formatting syntax for authoring HTML, PDF, and MS Word documents. For more details on using R Markdown see http://rmarkdown.rstudio.com. When you click the Knit button a document will be generated that includes both content as well as the output of any embedded R code chunks within the document. You can embed an R code chunk like this: summary(cars) ## speed dist ## Min. ...