API reference

This page provides an auto-generated summary of echopype’s API.

echopype.convert Package

Include code to unpack manufacturer-specific data files into an interoperable netCDF format.

The current version supports:

  • Simrad EK60 echosounder .raw data

  • Simrad EK80 echosounder .raw data

  • ASL Environmental Sciences AZFP echosounder .01A data

Functions

Convert([path, xml_path, model])

Gets the type of echosounder the raw file was generated with using the filename extension.

Classes

ConvertAZFP([_filename, _xml_path])

Class for converting AZFP .01A files.

ConvertEK60([_filename, regex, …])

Class for converting EK60 .raw files.

ConvertEK80([_filename, regex, …])

Class for converting EK80 .raw files.

echopype.process Package

Include methods to manipulate echo data that is already converted to netCDF.

EK60 and AZFP narrowband echosounders:

  • calibration and echo-integration to obtain volume backscattering strength (Sv) from power data.

  • Simple noise removal by removing data points (set to NaN) below an adaptively estimated noise floor.

  • Binning and averaging to obtain mean volume backscattering strength (MVBS) from the calibrated data.

EK80 broadband echosounder:

  • calibration based on pulse compression output in the form of average over frequency.

Functions

Process(nc_path)

Provides data analysis and computation tools for sonar data in netCDF form.

Classes

ProcessAZFP([file_path, salinity, pressure, …])

Class for manipulating AZFP echo data already converted to netCDF.

ProcessEK60([file_path])

Class for manipulating EK60 echo data already converted to netCDF.

ProcessEK80([file_path])

Class for manipulating EK80 echo data already converted to netCDF.