interp_IB_response_ICESat2_ATL11.py

  • Calculates inverse-barometer (IB) responses for correcting ICESat-2 annual land ice height data [Wunsch1997] [HofmannWellenhof2006]

  • Calculates IB responses for both along-track and across-track locations

  • Can use mean sea level pressure outputs from ERA-Interim, ERA5 and MERRA-2 reanalyses

Source code

Calling Sequence

usage: interp_IB_response_ICESat2_ATL11.py [-h] [--directory DIRECTORY]
                                           [--output-directory OUTPUT_DIRECTORY]
                                           [--reanalysis REANALYSIS]
                                           [--mean START END] [--density RHO]
                                           [--crossovers] [--verbose]
                                           [--mode MODE]
                                           infile [infile ...]

Positional Arguments

infile

ICESat-2 ATL11 file to run

Named Arguments

--directory, -D

Working data directory

--output-directory, -O

Output data directory

--reanalysis, -R

Possible choices: ERA-Interim, ERA5, MERRA-2

Reanalysis Model

--mean, -m

Start and end year range for mean

--density, -d

Density of seawater in kg/m3

--crossovers, -C

Run ATL11 Crossovers

--verbose, -V

Output information about each created file

--mode, -M

Permission mode of directories and files created

References

[Wunsch1997]

  1. Wunsch and D. Stammer, “Atmospheric loading and the oceanic “inverted barometer” effect”, Reviews of Geophysics, 35(1), 79-107, (1997). doi: 10.1029/96RG03037

[HofmannWellenhof2006]

  1. Hofmann-Wellenhof and H. Moritz, Physical Geodesy, 2nd Edition, 403 pp., (2006). doi: 10.1007/978-3-211-33545-1