Analysis of Visual Meteor Data

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Documentation for package ‘MetFns’ version 3.2.2

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MetFns-package Analysis of Visual Meteor Data
date_sol.table Calculation of table of solar longitudes
date_sollong Calculation of solar longitude
EarthVSOP87B Computation of Heliocentric Spherical Longitude and Latitude for the Earth
filter Global filter
filter.country Selection of visual meteor data by country
filter.date Selection of visual meteor data by date(s)
filter.gc Selection of visual meteor data by geographical coordinates
filter.h Selection of visual meteor data by radiant elevation
filter.mag Selection of visual meteor data by limiting magnitude
filter.obsname Selection of visual meteor data by observer's first and last name
filter.P Selection of visual meteor data by percentage of field-of-view obstruction
filter.shw Selection of visual meteor data by shower code
filter.site Selection of visual meteor data by observing site
filter.sol Selection of visual meteor data by solar longitude
filter.totcor Selection of visual meteor data by total correction factor
mag.distr Summarized magnitude distribution
magn2015 Magnitude data for the year 2015
MetFns Analysis of Visual Meteor Data
midint Calculation of the middle of time interval
opt.bin Divides data in blocks of optimal bin sizes
pop.index Calculation of population index
pop.index.plot Plot of population index
pop.index2 Calculation of population index based on average distance from the limiting magnitude
popind Conversion for the population index
popind.err Error margins for population index
radiant Coordinates of radiants of meteor showers
rate2015 Rate data for the year 2015
shw_list List of meteor showers
solar.long Vectorized calculation of solar longitude
sollong_date Calculation of date corresponding to given value of solar longitude
sol_date.table Vectorized calculation of date corresponding to given value of solar longitude
zhr Calculates zenithal hourly rate (ZHR)
zhr.plot Plot of zenithal hourly rate (ZHR)