earthkit.climate.land.flow_index

earthkit.climate.land.flow_index(q: xarray.DataArray | str = 'q', ds: xarray.Dataset | Any = None, *, p: float = 0.95, **kwargs: Any) → Any

Flow index.

Calculate the pth percentile of daily streamflow normalized by the median flow.

Units:

• q_flow_index: 1

This function wraps xclim.indicators.land.flow_index.

Parameters:

• q (xarray.DataArray | str) – Daily streamflow data.

• p (float) – Percentile for calculating the flow index, between 0 and 1. Default of 0.95 is for high flows.

• ds (xarray.Dataset | Any) – Input dataset.

• **kwargs (Any) – Additional keyword arguments.

Returns:

The computed index.

Return type:

Any