compute_MVBS_index_binning

echopype.commongrid.compute_MVBS_index_binning(ds_Sv, range_sample_num=100, ping_num=100)

Compute Mean Volume Backscattering Strength (MVBS) based on intervals of range_sample and ping number (ping_num) specified in index number.

Output of this function differs from that of compute_MVBS, which computes bin-averaged Sv according to intervals of range (echo_range) and ping_time specified in physical units.

Parameters:

ds_Svxr.Dataset

dataset containing Sv and echo_range [m]

range_sample_numint

number of samples to average along the range_sample dimension, default to 100

ping_numint

number of pings to average, default to 100

Returns:

A dataset containing bin-averaged Sv