welltestpy.process.smoothing_derivative

smoothing_derivative(head, time, method='bourdet')

Calculate the derivative of the drawdown curve.

Parameters

• head (:class: ‘array’) – An array with the observed head values.

• time (:class: ‘array’) – An array with the time values for the observed head values.

• method (str, optional) – Method to calculate the time derivative. Default: “bourdet”

Return type

The derivative of the observed heads.