Plot environmental forcing data

Creates plots of sea surface temperature and chlorophyll time series for visualizing environmental forcing data used in ZooMSS model runs.

Usage

plotEnvironment(env_data)

Arguments

env_data

Environmental data frame with time, sst, chl columns

Value

ggplot object (if patchwork available) or list of two ggplot objects

Details

Plot Environmental Time Series

This function creates two separate plots with different y-axes scales:

• SST plot (red line) with temperature in deg C

• Chlorophyll plot (green line) with concentration in mg/m^3

The plots can be combined using the patchwork package if available, otherwise separate plots are returned as a list. This helps users visualize the environmental forcing that drives ZooMSS model dynamics.

Examples

# Create sample data and plot
env_data <- data.frame(
  time = 1:100,
  dt = 0.01,
  sst = 15 + 3*sin(2*pi*(1:100)/50),
  chl = 0.5 + 0.2*cos(2*pi*(1:100)/50)
)
plots <- plotEnvironment(env_data)