aggregation#
- echopype.metrics.aggregation(ds: xarray.core.dataset.Dataset, range_label='echo_range') xarray.core.dataarray.DataArray #
Calculated the index of aggregation (IA) [unit: m^-1].
This quantity is reciprocal of the equivalent area. IA is high when small areas are much denser than the rest of the distribution.
- Parameters
- dsxr.Dataset
- range_labelstr
Name of an xarray DataArray in
ds
containingecho_range
information.
- Returns
- xr.DataArray