polartoolkit.fetch.modis

modis(version=None, hemisphere=None, epsg=None)

Load the MODIS Mosaic of Antarctica (MoA) or Greenland (MoG) imagery.

Antarctica: from Haran et al.[1] and Scambos et al.[2].

accessed from https://nsidc.org/data/nsidc-0593/versions/2

Greenland: from Haran et al.[3] accessed from https://nsidc.org/data/nsidc-0547/versions/2

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

Parameters:

• version (str | None) – for Antarctica, choose between “750m” or “125m” resolutions, by default “750m”, for Greenland, choose between “500m” or “100m” resolutions, by default “500m”

• hemisphere (str | None) – choose which hemisphere to retrieve data for, “north” or “south”, by default None

• epsg (str | None) – choose which region to retrieve data for, either “3031” or “3413”, by default None

Returns:

filepath for MODIS Imagery

Return type:

str

References

[1]

T. Haran, J. Bohlander, T A Scambos, T. Painter, and M. Fahnestock. MODIS Mosaic of Antarctica 2008-2009 (MOA2009) Image Map, Version 2. 2021. doi:10.5067/4ZL43A4619AF.

[2]

T.A. Scambos, T.M. Haran, M.A. Fahnestock, T.H. Painter, and J. Bohlander. MODIS-based Mosaic of Antarctica (MOA) data sets: Continent-wide surface morphology and snow grain size. Remote Sensing of Environment, 111(2-3):242–257, 2007. doi:10.1016/j.rse.2006.12.020.

[3]

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.