merra_smb_mask.py

• Creates a mask for MERRA-2 land ice data using a set of shapefiles

Source code

Calling Sequence

usage: merra_smb_mask.py [-h] [--variable VARIABLE]
                         [--shapefile SHAPEFILE [SHAPEFILE ...]] [--area AREA]
                         [--buffer BUFFER] [--verbose] [--mode MODE]
                         [infile] [outfile]

Positional Arguments

infile

Input file

outfile

Output file

Named Arguments

--variable, -v

Variable from input netCDF4 file to extract

--shapefile, -F

Shapefiles to run

--area, -A

Minimum area threshold for polygons

--buffer, -B

Distance to buffer polygons

--verbose, -V

Verbose output of processing run

--mode, -M

Permission mode of directories and files