Binds vertical profiles (vp) into a vertical profile time series (vpts), sorted in time. Can also bind multiple vpts of a single radar into one vpts.

bind_into_vpts(x, ...)

# S3 method for vp
bind_into_vpts(...)

# S3 method for list
bind_into_vpts(x, ...)

# S3 method for vpts
bind_into_vpts(..., attributes_from = 1)

Arguments

x

A vp, vpts or a vector of these.

...

A vp, vpts or a vector of these.

attributes_from

integer. Which vpts to copy attributes from (default: first).

Value

A vpts for a single radar or a list of vpts for multiple radars. Input vp are sorted in time in the output vpts.

Details

bind_into_vpts() currently requires profiles to have aligning altitude layers that are of equal width. Profiles are allowed to differ in the number of altitude layers, i.e. the maximum altitude

Methods (by class)

  • bind_into_vpts(vp): Bind multiple vp into a vpts. If vp for multiple radars are provided, a list is returned containing a vpts for each radar.

  • bind_into_vpts(list): Bind multiple vp objects into a vpts. If data for multiple radars is provided, a list is returned containing a vpts for each radar.

  • bind_into_vpts(vpts): Bind multiple vpts into a single vpts. Requires the input vpts to be from the same radar.

Examples

# load example time series of vertical profiles:
data(example_vpts)

# split the vpts into two separate time series, one containing profile 1-10,
# and a second containing profile 11-20:
vpts1 <- example_vpts[1:10]
vpts2 <- example_vpts[11:20]

# use bind_into_vpts to bind the two together:
vpts1and2 <- bind_into_vpts(vpts1, vpts2)

# verify that the binded vpts now has 20 profiles, 10 from vpts1 and 10 from
# vpts2:
summary(vpts1and2)
#>                    Regular time series of vertical profiles (class vpts)
#> 
#>            radar:  KBGM 
#>       # profiles:  20 
#> time range (UTC):  2016-09-01 00:02:00 - 2016-09-01 01:18:00 
#>    time step (s):  240 

# extract two profiles:
vp1 <- example_vpts[1]
vp1
#>                Vertical profile (class vp)
#> 
#>        radar:  KBGM 
#>       source:  
#> nominal time:  2016-09-01 00:02:00 
#> generated by:   
vp2 <- example_vpts[2]
vp2
#>                Vertical profile (class vp)
#> 
#>        radar:  KBGM 
#>       source:  
#> nominal time:  2016-09-01 00:06:00 
#> generated by:   

# bind the two profiles back into a vpts:
bind_into_vpts(vp1, vp2)
#>                    Regular time series of vertical profiles (class vpts)
#> 
#>            radar:  KBGM 
#>       # profiles:  2 
#> time range (UTC):  2016-09-01 00:02:00 - 2016-09-01 00:06:00 
#>    time step (s):  240