xarray.Dataset.var

Dataset.var(dim=None, skipna=None, **kwargs)

Reduce this Dataset’s data by applying var along some dimension(s).

Parameters
dimstr or sequence of str, optional

Dimension(s) over which to apply var. By default var is applied over all dimensions.

skipnabool, optional

If True, skip missing values (as marked by NaN). By default, only skips missing values for float dtypes; other dtypes either do not have a sentinel missing value (int) or skipna=True has not been implemented (object, datetime64 or timedelta64).

keep_attrsbool, optional

If True, the attributes (attrs) will be copied from the original object to the new one. If False (default), the new object will be returned without attributes.

**kwargsdict

Additional keyword arguments passed on to the appropriate array function for calculating var on this object’s data.

Returns
reducedDataset

New Dataset object with var applied to its data and the indicated dimension(s) removed.