oggm.tasks.distribute_thickness_per_altitude

oggm.tasks.distribute_thickness_per_altitude(gdir, add_slope=True, topo_variable='topo_smoothed', smooth_radius=None, dis_from_border_exp=0.25, varname_suffix='')

Compute a thickness map by redistributing mass along altitudinal bands.

This is a rather cosmetic task, not relevant for OGGM but for ITMIX or for visualizations.

Parameters:

gdiroggm.GlacierDirectory

the glacier directory to process

add_slopebool

whether a corrective slope factor should be used or not

topo_variablestr

the topography to read from gridded_data.nc (could be smoothed, or smoothed differently).

smooth_radiusint

pixel size of the gaussian smoothing. Default is to use cfg.PARAMS[‘smooth_window’] (i.e. a size in meters). Set to zero to suppress smoothing.

dis_from_border_expfloat

the exponent of the distance from border mask

varname_suffixstr

add a suffix to the variable written in the file (for experiments)

Notes

Files written to the glacier directory:

gridded_data.nc

A netcdf file containing several gridded data variables such as topography, the glacier masks, the interpolated 2D glacier bed, and more. This is for static, non time-dependant data.