filter_ICESat_GLA12.py

Calculates quality summary flags for ICESat/GLAS L2 GLA12 Antarctic and Greenland Ice Sheet elevation data [Howat2008] [Pritchard2012] [Smith2009] [Sorensen2011]

Calling Sequence

usage: filter_ICESat_GLA12.py [-h] [--output-directory OUTPUT_DIRECTORY]
                              [--IceSVar ICESVAR] [--gval_rcv GVAL_RCV]
                              [--reflctUC REFLCTUC] [--numPk NUMPK]
                              [--verbose] [--mode MODE]
                              infile [infile ...]

Positional Arguments

infile: ICESat GLA12 file to run

Named Arguments

--output-directory, -O: Output data directory
--IceSVar: Criteria for standard deviation of gaussian fit
--gval_rcv: Criteria for unscaled gain value
--reflctUC: Criteria for reflectivity
--numPk: Criteria for number of peaks in waveform
--verbose, -V: Output information about each created file
--mode, -M: Permission mode of directories and files created

References

1. Howat, B. E. Smith, I. R. Joughin, and T. A. Scambos, “Rates of southeast Greenland ice volume loss from combined ICESat and ASTER observations”, Geophysical Research Letters, 35(17), L17505, (2008). doi: 10.1029/2008GL034496

[Pritchard2012]

1. Pritchard, S. R. M. Ligtenberg, H. A. Fricker, D. G. Vaughan, M. R. van den Broeke, L. Padman, “Antarctic ice-sheet loss driven by basal melting of ice shelves”, Nature, 484(7395), 502-505, (2012). doi: 10.1038/nature10968

1. Smith, C. R. Bentley, and C. F. Raymond, “Recent elevation changes on the ice streams and ridges of the Ross Embayment from ICESat crossovers”, Geophysical Research Letters, 32(25), L21S09, (2005). doi: 10.1029/2005GL024365

1. Sørensen, S. B. Simonsen, K. Nielsen, P. Lucas-Picher, G. Spada, G. Aðalgeirsdóttir, R. Forsberg, and C. S. Hvidberg, “Mass balance of the Greenland ice sheet (2003–2008) from ICESat data – the impact of interpolation, sampling and firn density”, The Cryosphere, 5(1), 173-186, (2011). doi: 10.5194/tc-5-173-2011