polartoolkit.fetch.groundingline

groundingline(version='measures-v2')

Load the file path of two versions of groundingline shapefiles

version = “depoorter-2013” from Depoorter et al.[1]. Supplement to Depoorter et al.[2]. accessed at https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.819147

version = “measures-v2” from Mouginot et al.[3]. accessed at https://nsidc.org/data/nsidc-0709/versions/2

version = “BAS” from Gerrish[4]. accessed at https://ramadda.data.bas.ac.uk/repository/entry/show?entryid=8cecde06-8474-4b58-a9cb-b820fa4c9429

version = “measures-greenland” from Haran et al.[5]. accessed at https://nsidc.org/data/nsidc-0547/versions/2

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

Parameters:

version (str) – choose which version to retrieve, by default “measures-v2”

Returns:

file path

Return type:

str

References

[1]

Mathieu A. Depoorter, Jonathan L. Bamber, Jennifer Griggs, Jan T. M. Lenaerts, Stefan R. M. Ligtenberg, Michiel R. van den Broeke, and Geir Moholdt. Antarctic masks (ice-shelves, ice-sheet, and islands), link to shape file. 2013. doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.819147.

[2]

M. A. Depoorter, J. L. Bamber, J. A. Griggs, J. T. M. Lenaerts, S. R. M. Ligtenberg, M. R. van den Broeke, and G. Moholdt. Calving fluxes and basal melt rates of Antarctic ice shelves. Nature, 502(7469):89–92, 2013. doi:10.1038/nature12567.

[3]

J. Mouginot, B. Scheuchl, and E. Rignot. MEaSUREs Antarctic Boundaries for IPY 2007-2009 from Satellite Radar, Version 2. https://nsidc.org/data/nsidc-0709/versions/2, 2017.

[4]

Laura Gerrish. The coastline of Kalaallit Nunaat/ Greenland available as a shapefile and geopackage, covering the main land and islands, with glacier fronts updated as of 2017. December 2020. doi:10.5285/8CECDE06-8474-4B58-A9CB-B820FA4C9429.

[5]

T. Haran, J. Bohlander, T. A. Scambos, T. Painter, and M. Fahnestock. MEaSUREs MODIS Mosaic of Greenland (MOG) 2005, 2010, and 2015 Image Maps, Version 2. 2018. doi:10.5067/9ZO79PHOTYE5.