oggm.utils.get_rgi_intersects_region_file

oggm.utils.get_rgi_intersects_region_file(region=None, version=None, reset=False)[source]

Path to the RGI regional intersect file.

If the RGI files are not present, download them.

Parameters:
region : str

from ‘00’ to ‘19’, with ‘00’ being the global file (deprecated). From RGI version ‘61’ onwards, please use get_rgi_intersects_entities with a list of glaciers instead of relying to the global file.

version : str

‘5’, ‘6’, ‘61’… defaults the one specified in cfg.PARAMS

reset : bool

If True, deletes the intersect file before redownloading it

Returns:
str

path to the RGI intersects shapefile