Method compute

xarray/core/dataarray.py:1216–1247

Trigger loading data into memory and return a new dataarray. Data will be computed and/or loaded from disk or a remote source. Unlike ``.load``, the original dataarray is left unaltered. Normally, it should not be necessary to call this method in user code, because

(self, **kwargs)

        return self

    def compute(self, **kwargs) -> Self:
        """Trigger loading data into memory and return a new dataarray.

        Data will be computed and/or loaded from disk or a remote source.

        Unlike ``.load``, the original dataarray is left unaltered.

        Normally, it should not be necessary to call this method in user code,
        because all xarray functions should either work on deferred data or
        load data automatically. However, this method can be necessary when
        working with many file objects on disk.

        Parameters
        ----------
        **kwargs : dict
            Additional keyword arguments passed on to ``dask.compute``.

        Returns
        -------
        object : DataArray
            New object with the data and all coordinates as in-memory arrays.

        See Also
        --------
        dask.compute
        DataArray.load
        DataArray.load_async
        Dataset.compute
        Variable.compute
        """
        new = self.copy(deep=False)
        return new.load(**kwargs)

    def persist(self, **kwargs) -> Self:
        """Trigger computation in constituent dask arrays