xarray.Variable.quantile¶

Variable.quantile(q, dim=None, interpolation='linear', keep_attrs=None, skipna=True)¶

Compute the qth quantile of the data along the specified dimension.

Returns the qth quantiles(s) of the array elements.

Parameters

q (float or sequence of float) – Quantile to compute, which must be between 0 and 1 inclusive.
dim (str or sequence of str, optional) – Dimension(s) over which to apply quantile.
interpolation ({"linear", "lower", "higher", "midpoint", "nearest"}, default: "linear") – This optional parameter specifies the interpolation method to use when the desired quantile lies between two data points i < j:
- linear: i + (j - i) * fraction, where fraction is the fractional part of the index surrounded by i and j.
- lower: i.
- higher: j.
- nearest: i or j, whichever is nearest.
- midpoint: (i + j) / 2.
keep_attrs (bool, optional) – If True, the variable’s attributes (attrs) will be copied from the original object to the new one. If False (default), the new object will be returned without attributes.

Returns

quantiles – If q is a single quantile, then the result is a scalar. If multiple percentiles are given, first axis of the result corresponds to the quantile and a quantile dimension is added to the return array. The other dimensions are the dimensions that remain after the reduction of the array.

Return type

Variable