earthkit.climate.land.base_flow_index¶
- earthkit.climate.land.base_flow_index(q: xarray.DataArray | str = 'q', ds: xarray.Dataset | Any = None, *, freq: str = 'YS', **kwargs: Any) Any¶
Base flow index.
Minimum of the 7-day moving average flow divided by the mean flow.
Units:
base_flow_index: dimensionless
This function wraps xclim.indicators.land.base_flow_index.
- Parameters:
q (
xarray.DataArray | str) – Rate of river discharge.freq (
str) – Resampling frequency.ds (
xarray.Dataset | Any) – Input dataset.**kwargs (
Any) – Additional keyword arguments.
- Returns:
The computed index.
- Return type:
Any