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 containing echo_range information.

Returns

xr.DataArray