era5_land_mask_permafrost.py

• Creates a mask for ERA5-Land data based on the permafrost/surface classification from the NSIDC Circum-Arctic Map of Permafrost and Ground-Ice Conditions

  1. Continuous Permafrost

  2. Discontinuous Permafrost

  3. Isolated Permafrost

  4. Sporadic Permafrost

  5. Glaciated Area

Source code

Calling Sequence

usage: era5_land_mask_permafrost.py [-h] [--directory DIRECTORY]
                                    [--shapefile SHAPEFILE] [--buffer BUFFER]
                                    [--verbose] [--mode MODE]

Named Arguments

--directory, -D

Working data directory

--shapefile, -F

Shapefile to run

--buffer, -B

Distance to buffer polygons

--verbose, -V

Verbose output of processing run

--mode, -M

permissions mode of output files