compass.ocean.vertical.zlevel.compute_z_level_layer_thickness

compass.ocean.vertical.zlevel.compute_z_level_layer_thickness(refTopDepth, refBottomDepth, ssh, bottomDepth, minLevelCell, maxLevelCell)

Compute z-level layer thickness from ssh and bottomDepth

Parameters:

• refTopDepth (xarray.DataArray) – A 1D array of positive-down depths of the top of each z level

• refBottomDepth (xarray.DataArray) – A 1D array of positive-down depths of the bottom of each z level

• ssh (xarray.DataArray) – The sea surface height

• bottomDepth (xarray.DataArray) – The positive-down depth of the seafloor

• minLevelCell (xarray.DataArray) – The zero-based index of the top valid level

• maxLevelCell (xarray.DataArray) – The zero-based index of the bottom valid level

Returns:

layerThickness (xarray.DataArray) – The thickness of each layer (level)