earthkit.climate.land.holiday_snow_days

earthkit.climate.land.holiday_snow_days(snd: xarray.DataArray | str = 'snd', ds: xarray.Dataset | Any = None, *, snd_thresh: Any = '20 mm', op: Literal['>', 'gt', '>=', 'ge'] = '>=', date_start: str = '12-25', date_end: str | None = None, freq: str = 'YS', **kwargs: Any) → Any

Christmas snow days.

The total number of days where there is a significant amount of snow on the ground on December 25th.

Units:

• holiday_snow_days: days

This function wraps xclim.indicators.land.holiday_snow_days.

Parameters:

• snd (xarray.DataArray | str) – Surface snow depth.

• snd_thresh (Any) – Threshold snow amount. Default: 20 mm.

• op (Literal[``’>’, ``'gt', '>=', 'ge']) – Comparison operation. Default: “>=”.

• date_start (str) – Beginning of the analysis period. Default: “12-25” (December 25th).

• date_end (str | None) – End of analysis period. If not provided, date_start is used. Default: None.

• freq (str) – Resampling frequency. Default: “YS”. The default value is chosen for the northern hemisphere.

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

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

Returns:

The computed index.

Return type:

Any