compute_MVBS_index_binning

echopype.preprocess.compute_MVBS_index_binning(ds_Sv, range_bin_num=100, ping_num=100)

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

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

Parameters:

ds_Sv : xr.Dataset

dataset containing Sv and range [m]

range_bin_num : int

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

ping_num : int

number of pings to average, default to 100

Returns:

A dataset containing bin-averaged Sv