polartoolkit.fetch.bedmap_points

bedmap_points(version, region=None)

Load bedmap point data, choose from Bedmap 1, 2 or 3 or all combined.

All elevations are in meters above the WGS84 ellipsoid.

version == ‘bedmap1’ from Lythe and Vaughan[1]. accessed from https://data.bas.ac.uk/full-record.php?id=GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01619

version == ‘bedmap2’ from Fretwell et al.[2]. accessed from https://data.bas.ac.uk/full-record.php?id=GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01616

version == ‘bedmap3’ from Fremand et al.[3]. accessed from https://data.bas.ac.uk/full-record.php?id=GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01614#access-data download link was found from https://ramadda.data.bas.ac.uk/repository/entry/show?entryid=61100714-1e32-44af-a237-0a517529bc49 under DOI/BEDMAP3 datapoints, right click on the download link and copy link address

Parameters:

• version (str) – choose between ‘bedmap1’, ‘bedmap2’, ‘bedmap3’, or ‘all’, point data

• region (tuple[float, float, float, float], optional) – region to clip the loaded grid to, in format [xmin, xmax, ymin, ymax], by default doesn’t clip

Returns:

Return a dataframe, optionally subset by a region

Return type:

pandas.DataFrame

References

[1]

Matthew B. Lythe and David G. Vaughan. BEDMAP: A new ice thickness and subglacial topographic model of Antarctica. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 106(B6):11335–11351, 2001. doi:10.1029/2000JB900449.

[2]

P. Fretwell, H. D. Pritchard, D. G. Vaughan, J. L. Bamber, N. E. Barrand, R. E. Bell, C. Bianchi, R. G. Bingham, D. D. Blankenship, G. Casassa, G. Catania, D. Callens, H. Conway, A. J. Cook, H. F. J. Corr, D. Damaske, V. Damm, F. Ferraccioli, R. Forsberg, S. Fujita, Y. Gim, P. Gogineni, J. A. Griggs, R. C. A. Hindmarsh, P. Holmlund, J. W. Holt, R. W. Jacobel, A. Jenkins, W. Jokat, T. A. Jordan, E. C. King, J. Kohler, W. Krabill, M. Riger-Kusk, K. A. Langley, G. Leitchenkov, C. Leuschen, B. Luyendyk, K. Matsuoka, J. Mouginot, F. O. Nitsche, Y. Nogi, O. A. Nost, S. V. Popov, E. Rignot, D. M. Rippin, A. Rivera, J. Roberts, N. Ross, M. J. Siegert, A. M. Smith, D. Steinhage, M. Studinger, B. Sun, B. K. Tinto, B. C. Welch, D. Wilson, D. A. Young, C. Xiangbin, and A. Zirizzotti. Bedmap2: improved ice bed, surface and thickness datasets for Antarctica. The Cryosphere, 7(1):375–393, 2013. doi:10.5194/tc-7-375-2013.

[3]

Alice Fremand, Peter Fretwell, Julien Bodart, Hamish Pritchard, A. Aitken, Jonathan Bamber, R.E. Bell, C Bianchi, Robert Bingham, Donald Blankenship, G. Casassa, Ginny Catania, K Christianson, H Conway, Hugh Corr, X. Cui, D Damaske, V. Damn, R. Drews, G. Eagles, O. Eisen, H. Eisermann, Fausto Ferraccioli, Rene Forsberg, S Franke, S. Fujita, Y. Gim, V. Goel, P. Gogineni, J.S. Greenbaum, B. Hills, Richard Hindmarsh, P. Holmlund, N. Holschuh, J.W. Holt, A. Humbert, R. Jacobel, D. Jansen, Adrian Jenkins, Wilfried Jokat, Tom Jordan, Edward King, Jack Kohler, W. Krabill, K. Langley, J. Lee, G. Leitchenkov, C. Leuschen, B. Luyendyk, J. MacGregor, E. MacKie, Kenichi Matsuoka, Mathieu Morlighem, Jeremie Mouginot, Frank Nitsche, Y. Nogi, O. Nost, John Paden, F. Pattyn, S. Popov, M. Riger-Kusk, Eric Rignot, David Rippin, Andres Rivera, Jason Roberts, Neil Ross, A. Ruppel, Dustin Schroeder, Martin Siegert, Andrew Smith, D. Steinhage, M. Studinger, B. Sun, I. Tabacco, Kirsty Tinto, S. Urbini, David Vaughan, B. Welch, D.S. Wilson, Duncan Young, and A. Zirizzotti. BEDMAP3 - Ice thickness, bed and surface elevation for Antarctica - standardised data points. October 2022. doi:10.5285/91523FF9-D621-46B3-87F7-FFB6EFCD1847.