beta2HurstIndex (pyleoclim.utils.wavelet.beta2HurstIndex)

pyleoclim.utils.wavelet.beta2HurstIndex(beta)

Translate psd slope to Hurst index

Parameters

beta (float) – the estimated slope of a power spectral density curve

Returns

H – Hurst index, should be in (0, 1)

Return type

float

References

Equation 2 in http://www.bearcave.com/misl/misl_tech/wavelets/hurst/