Metadata-Version: 2.1
Name: heterogeneity-index
Version: 0.0.2
Summary: A library to detect fronts using an heterogeneity index
Author-email: Clément Haëck <clement.haeck@locean.ipsl.fr>
Project-URL: Homepage, https://gitlab.in2p3.fr/biofronts/heterogeneity-index
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3
Classifier: License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License
Classifier: Operating System :: OS Independent
Classifier: Intended Audience :: Developers
Classifier: Intended Audience :: Science/Research
Classifier: Topic :: Utilities
Requires-Python: >=3.10
Description-Content-Type: text/markdown
License-File: LICENSE
Requires-Dist: numpy>=1.24
Requires-Dist: numba>=0.57

# Heterogeneity-Index

Python library to compute the Heterogeneity Index from SST, as defined in [Haëck et al. (2023)][haeck 2023] and [Liu & Levine (2016)][liu 2016], and some associated diagnostics (front detection for instance).

Documentation: https://biofronts.pages.in2p3.fr/heterogeneity-index

## Installation

``` sh
git clone https://gitlab.in2p3.fr/biofronts/heterogeneity-index
cd heterogeneity-index
pip install .
```

Will be available on [PyPI](https://pypi.org/).

## Requirements

- Python >= 3.10
- Numpy >= 1.24
- Numba >= 0.57

Optional:
- Xarray
- Dask

## References
- Haëck, C., Lévy, M., Mangolte, I., and Bopp, L.: “Satellite data reveal earlier and stronger phytoplankton blooms over fronts in the Gulf Stream region”, *Biogeosciences* **20**, 1741–1758, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-20-1741-2023, 2023.
- Liu, X. and Levine, N. M.: “Enhancement of phytoplankton chlorophyll by submesoscale frontal dynamics in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre”, *Geophys. Res. Lett.* **43**, 1651–1659, https://doi.org/10.1002/2015gl066996, 2016.

[haeck 2023]: https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-20-1741-2023
[liu 2016]: https://doi.org/10.1002/2015gl066996
