polartoolkit.fetch.sediment_thickness

polartoolkit.fetch.sediment_thickness#

sediment_thickness(version, region=None, spacing=None, registration=None, **kwargs)[source]#

Load 1 of 4 ‘versions’ of sediment thickness data.

version=’ANTASed’ From Baranov et al.[1]. Accessed from https://www.itpz-ran.ru/en/activity/current-projects/antased-a-new-sediment-model-for-antarctica/

version=’tankersley-2022’ From Tankersley et al.[2], Tankersley et al.[3].

version=’lindeque-2016’ From Lindeque et al.[4] and Lindeque et al.[5].

version=’GlobSed’ From Straume et al.[6]. Accessed from https://ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/sedthick/

Parameters:

  • version (str) – choose which version of data to fetch.

  • region (tuple[float, float, float, float] | None) – region to clip the loaded grid to, in format [xmin, xmax, ymin, ymax], by default doesn’t clip

  • spacing (float | None) – grid spacing to resample the loaded grid to, by default 10e3

  • registration (str | None) – change registration with either ‘p’ for pixel or ‘g’ for gridline registration, by default is None.

  • **kwargs (Any) – additional keyword arguments to pass to the resample_grid function

Returns:

Returns a loaded, and optional clip/resampled grid of sediment thickness.

Return type:

DataArray

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