MPI_triangulate_elevation.py

Calculates interpolated elevations by triangulated irregular networks (TINs) [Pritchard2009] [Sutterley2018] [Sutterley2019]

Calling Sequence

usage: MPI_triangulate_elevation.py [-h] [--distance DISTANCE] [--angle ANGLE]
                                    [--verbose] [--mode MODE]
                                    infile [infile ...]

Positional Arguments

infile: Input files

Named Arguments

--distance, -D: Radial distance (m) for calculating triangulations
--angle, -A: Maximum angle allowed within a Delaunay triangle
--verbose, -V: Verbose output of run
--mode, -M: permissions mode of output files

References

[Pritchard2009]

1. Pritchard, R. J. Arthern, D. G. Vaughan, and L. A. Edwards, “Extensive dynamic thinning on the margins of the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets”, Nature, 461(7266), 971–975, (2009). doi: 10.1038/nature08471

[Sutterley2018]

1. Sutterley, I. Velicogna, X. Fettweis, E. Rignot, B. Noël, and M. van den Broeke, “Evaluation of Reconstructions of Snow/Ice Melt in Greenland by Regional Atmospheric Climate Models Using Laser Altimetry Data”, Geophysical Research Letters, 45(16), 8324–8333, (2018). doi: 10.1029/2018GL078645

[Sutterley2019]

1. Sutterley, T. Markus, T. A. Neumann, M. van den Broeke, J. M. van Wessem, and S. R. M. Ligtenberg, “Antarctic ice shelf thickness change from multimission lidar mapping”, The Cryosphere, 13(7), 1801–1817, (2019). doi: 10.5194/tc-13-1801-2019