polartoolkit.fetch.antarctic_boundaries

polartoolkit.fetch.antarctic_boundaries#

antarctic_boundaries(version)[source]#

Load various files from the MEaSUREs Antarctic Boundaries for IPY 2007-2009

from Mouginot et al.[1]. accessed at https://nsidc.org/data/nsidc-0709/versions/2

Requires an EarthData login, see Tutorials/Download Polar datasets for how to configure this.

Parameters:

version (str) – choose which file to retrieve from the following list: “Coastline”, “Basins_Antarctica”, “Basins_IMBIE”, “IceBoundaries”, “IceShelf”, “Mask”

Returns:

file path

Return type:

str

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