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seq(300, 1500, by=100), 1750, seq(2000, 10000, by=500)).
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      <h1>Standard Oceanographic Depths</h1>
      <small class="dont-index">Source: <a href="https://github.com/dankelley/oce/blob/HEAD/R/oce.R" class="external-link"><code>R/oce.R</code></a></small>
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    <p>This returns a vector of numbers that build upon the shorter lists
provided in Chapter 10 of reference 1 and the more modern World
Ocean Atlases (e.g. reference 2).
With the default call,
i.e. with <code>n=0</code>, the result is
<code>c(0, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 75, 100, 125, 150, 200, 250,
seq(300, 1500, by=100), 1750, seq(2000, 10000, by=500))</code>.
For higher values of <code>n</code>, progressively more and more values
are added between each pair in this sequence.
See the documentation for
<code><a href="sectionGrid.html">sectionGrid()</a></code> for how <code>standardDepths</code> can be used
in gridding data for section plots.</p>
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    <h2 id="ref-usage">Usage<a class="anchor" aria-label="anchor" href="#ref-usage"></a></h2>
    <div class="sourceCode"><pre class="sourceCode r"><code><span><span class="fu">standardDepths</span><span class="op">(</span>n <span class="op">=</span> <span class="fl">0</span><span class="op">)</span></span></code></pre></div>
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    <h2 id="arguments">Arguments<a class="anchor" aria-label="anchor" href="#arguments"></a></h2>


<dl><dt id="arg-n">n<a class="anchor" aria-label="anchor" href="#arg-n"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Integer specifying the number of subdivisions to insert between
each of the stated levels. For exmple, setting <code>n=1</code> puts a 5m level
between the 0 and 10m levels, and <code>n=2</code> puts 3.33 and 6.66 between
0 and 10m.</p></dd>

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    <h2 id="value">Value<a class="anchor" aria-label="anchor" href="#value"></a></h2>
    <p>A vector of depths that are more closely spaced for small values,
i.e. a finer grid near the ocean surface.</p>
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    <h2 id="references">References<a class="anchor" aria-label="anchor" href="#references"></a></h2>

<ol><li><p>Sverdrup, H U, Martin W Johnson, and Richard H Fleming. The Oceans,
Their Physics, Chemistry, and General Biology. New York: Prentice-Hall, 1942.
<code>https://publishing.cdlib.org/ucpressebooks/view?docId=kt167nb66r</code></p></li>
</ol><p>2.Locarnini, R. A., A. V. Mishonov, J. I. Antonov, T. P. Boyer,
H. E. Garcia, O. K. Baranova, M. M. Zweng, D. R. Johnson, and
S. Levitus. “World Ocean Atlas 2009 Temperature.”
US Government printing Office, 2010.</p>
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    <h2 id="author">Author<a class="anchor" aria-label="anchor" href="#author"></a></h2>
    <p>Dan Kelley</p>
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    <h2 id="ref-examples">Examples<a class="anchor" aria-label="anchor" href="#ref-examples"></a></h2>
    <div class="sourceCode"><pre class="sourceCode r"><code><span class="r-in"><span><span class="va">depth</span> <span class="op">&lt;-</span> <span class="fu">standardDepths</span><span class="op">(</span><span class="op">)</span></span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span><span class="va">depth1</span> <span class="op">&lt;-</span> <span class="fu">standardDepths</span><span class="op">(</span><span class="fl">1</span><span class="op">)</span></span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span><span class="fu"><a href="https://rdrr.io/r/graphics/plot.default.html" class="external-link">plot</a></span><span class="op">(</span><span class="va">depth</span>, <span class="va">depth</span><span class="op">)</span></span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span><span class="fu"><a href="https://rdrr.io/r/graphics/points.html" class="external-link">points</a></span><span class="op">(</span><span class="va">depth1</span>, <span class="va">depth1</span>, col <span class="op">=</span> <span class="fl">2</span>, pch <span class="op">=</span> <span class="fl">20</span>, cex <span class="op">=</span> <span class="fl">1</span> <span class="op">/</span> <span class="fl">2</span><span class="op">)</span></span></span>
<span class="r-plt img"><img src="standardDepths-1.png" alt="" width="700" height="700"></span>
<span class="r-in"><span></span></span>
</code></pre></div>
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