oceanspy.compute.normal_strain

oceanspy.compute.normal_strain(od)

Compute normal component of strain.

\[S_n = \frac{\partial u}{\partial x} -\frac{\partial v}{\partial y}\]

Parameters:

od: OceanDataset

oceandataset used to compute.

Returns:

ds: xarray.Dataset

n_strain: normal component of strain

See also

shear_strain

Okubo_Weiss_parameter

divergence