MPI_DEM_ICESat_GLA12.py

• Determines which digital elevation model tiles to read for a given GLA12 file

• Reads 3×3 array of tiles for points within bounding box of central mosaic tile

• Interpolates digital elevation model to locations of ICESat/GLAS L2 GLA12 Antarctic and Greenland Ice Sheet elevation data

• ArcticDEM 2m digital elevation model tiles

  • http://data.pgc.umn.edu/elev/dem/setsm/ArcticDEM/mosaic/v3.0/

  • http://data.pgc.umn.edu/elev/dem/setsm/ArcticDEM/indexes/

• REMA 8m digital elevation model tiles

  • http://data.pgc.umn.edu/elev/dem/setsm/REMA/mosaic/v1.1/

  • http://data.pgc.umn.edu/elev/dem/setsm/REMA/indexes/

• GIMP 30m digital elevation model tiles

  • https://n5eil01u.ecs.nsidc.org/MEASURES/NSIDC-0645.001/

Source code

Calling Sequence

usage: MPI_DEM_ICESat_GLA12.py [-h] [--directory DIRECTORY]
                               [--output-directory OUTPUT_DIRECTORY]
                               [--model DEM] [--verbose] [--mode MODE]
                               file

Positional Arguments

file

ICESat GLA12 file to run

Named Arguments

--directory, -D

Working data directory

--output-directory, -O

Output data directory

--model, -m

Possible choices: REMA, ArcticDEM, GIMP

Digital Elevation Model to run

--verbose, -V

Verbose output of run

--mode, -M

Permissions mode of output files