earthkit.meteo.solar.xarray.julian_day

earthkit.meteo.solar.xarray.julian_day(date)

Compute the Julian day (day of year as a fractional number).

Parameters:

date (xarray.DataArray) – Date/time. Computation is performed element-wise.

Returns:

Day of year as a fractional number. January 1st at 00:00 is 0.0.

Return type:

xarray.DataArray