act.utils.accumulate_precip#

act.utils.accumulate_precip(ds, variable, time_delta=None)[source]#

Program to accumulate rain rates from an act xarray dataset and insert variable back into an act xarray dataset with “_accumulated” appended to the variable name. Please verify that your units are accurately described in the data.

Parameters:

  • ds (xarray.DataSet) – ACT Xarray dataset.

  • variable (string) – Variable name.

  • time_delta (float) – Time delta to caculate precip accumulations over. Useful if full time series is not passed in.

Returns:

ds (xarray.DataSet) – ACT Xarray dataset with variable_accumulated.