earthkit.climate.atmos.cooling_degree_days¶
- earthkit.climate.atmos.cooling_degree_days(tas: xarray.DataArray | str = 'tas', ds: xarray.Dataset | Any = None, *, thresh: Any = '18.0 degC', freq: str = 'YS', **kwargs: Any) Any¶
Cooling degree days.
The cumulative degree days for days when the mean daily temperature is above a given threshold and buildings must be air conditioned.
Units:
cooling_degree_days: K days
This function wraps xclim.indicators.atmos.cooling_degree_days.
- Parameters:
tas (
xarray.DataArray | str) – Mean daily temperature.thresh (
Any) – Temperature threshold above which air is cooled.freq (
str) – Resampling frequency.ds (
xarray.Dataset | Any) – Input dataset.**kwargs (
Any) – Additional keyword arguments.
- Returns:
The computed index.
- Return type:
Any