def max_n_day_precipitation_amount(pr, window=1, freq='YS'):
    r"""Highest precipitation amount cumulated over a n-day moving window.

    Calculate the n-day rolling sum of the original daily total precipitation series
    and determine the maximum value over each period.

    Parameters
    ----------
    da : xarray.DataArray
      Daily precipitation values [Kg m-2 s-1] or [mm]
    window : int
      Window size in days.
    freq : str, optional
      Resampling frequency : default 'YS' (yearly)

    Returns
    -------
    xarray.DataArray
      The highest cumulated n-day precipitation value at the given time frequency.

    Examples
    --------
    The following would compute for each grid cell of file `pr.day.nc` the highest 5-day total precipitation
    at an annual frequency:

    >>> da = xr.open_dataset('pr.day.nc').pr
    >>> window = 5
    >>> output = max_n_day_precipitation_amount(da, window, freq="YS")
    """

    # rolling sum of the values
    arr = pr.rolling(time=window, center=False).sum()
    out = arr.resample(time=freq).max(dim='time', keep_attrs=True)

    out.attrs['units'] = pr.units
    # Adjust values and units to make sure they are daily
    return utils.pint_multiply(out, 1 * units.day, 'mm')