polaris.mesh.spherical.unified.effective_ocean.block_average

polaris.mesh.spherical.unified.effective_ocean.block_average(field, factor)

Block-average a 2D field by an integer factor in both dimensions.

Parameters:

• field (numpy.ndarray) – The field to average, with dimensions (lat, lon) divisible by factor

• factor (int) – The block size

Returns:

averaged (numpy.ndarray) – The block-averaged field