7 Further analysis outside bioRad

In many cases you will want to convert bioRad’s objects into a convenient form for your own further analyses. To convert bioRad objects to a simple data.frame:

• vertical profile (vp): as.data.frame(your_vp_object)
• vertical profile time series (vpts): as.data.frame(your_vpts_object)
• use function as.vpts() to convert a vpts data.frame back to a vpts object.
• integrated vertical profile time series (vpi): is already a data.frame

Converting polar scans (scan objects) to common spatial formats:

• use scan_to_raster() to convert to a RasterBrick object (package raster)
• use scan_to_spatial() to convert to a SpatialPointsDataFrame object (package sp)

Converting PPI (ppi objects) to common spatial formats: * access the data slot (my_ppi$data) to extract a SpatialGridDataFrame object (package sp)