wradlib.dp.DpMethods.depolarization

wradlib.dp.DpMethods.depolarization#

DpMethods.depolarization(**kwargs)[source]#

Compute the depolarization ration.

Compute the depolarization ration using differential reflectivity \(Z_{DR}\) and crosscorrelation coefficient \(Rho_{HV}\) of a radar sweep ([Kilambi et al., 2018], [Melnikov et al., 2013], [Ryzhkov et al., 2017]).

Parameter#

obj : xarray.Dataset

keyword zdr:

name of differential reflectivity

kwtype zdr:

str

keyword rho:

name crosscorrelation coefficient

kwtype rho:

str

returns:

depolarization (xarray.DataArray) – array of depolarization ratios with the same shape as input data, numpy broadcasting rules apply