def apply(self, func, shortcut=False, args=(), **kwargs):
        """Apply a function over each array in the group and concatenate them
        together into a new array.

        `func` is called like `func(ar, *args, **kwargs)` for each array `ar`
        in this group.

        Apply uses heuristics (like `pandas.GroupBy.apply`) to figure out how
        to stack together the array. The rule is:
        1. If the dimension along which the group coordinate is defined is
           still in the first grouped array after applying `func`, then stack
           over this dimension.
        2. Otherwise, stack over the new dimension given by name of this
           grouping (the argument to the `groupby` function).

        Parameters
        ----------
        func : function
            Callable to apply to each array.
        shortcut : bool, optional
            Whether or not to shortcut evaluation under the assumptions that:
            (1) The action of `func` does not depend on any of the array
                metadata (attributes or coordinates) but only on the data and
                dimensions.
            (2) The action of `func` creates arrays with homogeneous metadata,
                that is, with the same dimensions and attributes.
            If these conditions are satisfied `shortcut` provides significant
            speedup. This should be the case for many common groupby operations
            (e.g., applying numpy ufuncs).
        args : tuple, optional
            Positional arguments passed to `func`.
        **kwargs
            Used to call `func(ar, **kwargs)` for each array `ar`.

        Returns
        -------
        applied : DataArray or DataArray
            The result of splitting, applying and combining this array.
        """
        if shortcut:
            grouped = self._iter_grouped_shortcut()
        else:
            grouped = self._iter_grouped()
        applied = (maybe_wrap_array(arr, func(arr, *args, **kwargs))
                   for arr in grouped)
        return self._combine(applied, shortcut=shortcut)