The R Language as a Tool for Biometeorological Research

R is an open-source programming language which gained a central place in the geosciences over the last two decades as the primary tool for research. Now, biometeorological research is driven by the diverse datasets related to the atmosphere and other biological agents (e.g., plants, animals and huma...

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Main Author: Ioannis Charalampopoulos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-06-01
Series:Atmosphere
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4433/11/7/682
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spelling doaj-f87777534376414eb97aed05733c1d242020-11-25T03:41:26ZengMDPI AGAtmosphere2073-44332020-06-011168268210.3390/atmos11070682The R Language as a Tool for Biometeorological ResearchIoannis Charalampopoulos0Laboratory of General and Agricultural Meteorology, Agricultural University of Athens, Iera Odos 75, 11855 Athens, GreeceR is an open-source programming language which gained a central place in the geosciences over the last two decades as the primary tool for research. Now, biometeorological research is driven by the diverse datasets related to the atmosphere and other biological agents (e.g., plants, animals and human beings) and the wide variety of software to handle and analyse them. The demand of the scientific community for the automation of analysis processes, data cleaning, results sharing, reproducibility and the capacity to handle big data brings a scripting language such as R in the foreground of the academic universe. This paper presents the advantages and the benefits of the R language for biometeorological and other atmospheric sciences’ research, providing an overview of its typical workflow. Moreover, we briefly present a group of useful and popular packages for biometeorological research and a road map for further scientific collaboration on the R basis. This paper could be a short introductory guide to the world of the R language for biometeorologists.https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4433/11/7/682reproducible sciencecodingdata analysisresearch dissemination
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The R Language as a Tool for Biometeorological Research
Atmosphere
reproducible science
coding
data analysis
research dissemination
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title The R Language as a Tool for Biometeorological Research
title_short The R Language as a Tool for Biometeorological Research
title_full The R Language as a Tool for Biometeorological Research
title_fullStr The R Language as a Tool for Biometeorological Research
title_full_unstemmed The R Language as a Tool for Biometeorological Research
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series Atmosphere
issn 2073-4433
publishDate 2020-06-01
description R is an open-source programming language which gained a central place in the geosciences over the last two decades as the primary tool for research. Now, biometeorological research is driven by the diverse datasets related to the atmosphere and other biological agents (e.g., plants, animals and human beings) and the wide variety of software to handle and analyse them. The demand of the scientific community for the automation of analysis processes, data cleaning, results sharing, reproducibility and the capacity to handle big data brings a scripting language such as R in the foreground of the academic universe. This paper presents the advantages and the benefits of the R language for biometeorological and other atmospheric sciences’ research, providing an overview of its typical workflow. Moreover, we briefly present a group of useful and popular packages for biometeorological research and a road map for further scientific collaboration on the R basis. This paper could be a short introductory guide to the world of the R language for biometeorologists.
topic reproducible science
coding
data analysis
research dissemination
url https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4433/11/7/682
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