evenness#

echopype.metrics.evenness(ds: xarray.core.dataset.Dataset, range_label='echo_range') xarray.core.dataarray.DataArray#

Calculates the equivalent area (EA) [unit: m].

This quantity represents the area that would be occupied if all datacells contained the mean density.

Parameters
dsxr.Dataset
range_labelstr

Name of an xarray DataArray in ds containing echo_range information.

Returns
xr.DataArray