glidertools.utils.calc_dive_number

glidertools.utils.calc_dive_number(time, depth)

Determine the glider dive number (based on dive phase)

Parameters:

• time (np.array [datetime64]) – glider time dimension
• depth (np.array [float]) – depth (m) or pressure (dbar) if depth not avail

Returns:

dive_number – the dive number where down dives are x.0 and up dives are x.5

Return type:

np.ndarray [float]