earthkit.climate.ocean.sea_ice.sea_ice_area

earthkit.climate.ocean.sea_ice.sea_ice_area(siconc: xarray.DataArray | str = 'siconc', areacello: xarray.DataArray | str = 'areacello', ds: xarray.Dataset | Any = None, *, thresh: Any = '15 %', **kwargs: Any) → Any

Sea ice area.

A measure of total ocean surface covered by sea ice.

Units:

• sea_ice_area: m2

This function wraps xclim.indicators.seaIce.sea_ice_area.

Parameters:

• siconc (xarray.DataArray | str) – Sea ice concentration (area fraction).

• areacello (xarray.DataArray | str) – Grid cell area (usually over the ocean).

• thresh (Any) – Minimum sea ice concentration for a grid cell to contribute to the sea ice extent.

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

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

Returns:

The computed index.

Return type:

Any