io.ATL06
Reads ICESat-2 ATL06 Land Ice Elevation data files
Calling Sequence
from icesat2_toolkit.io import ATL06
IS2_atl06_mds,IS2_atl06_attrs,IS2_atl06_beams = ATL06.read_granule(FILENAME)
- icesat2_toolkit.io.ATL06.read_granule(FILENAME, ATTRIBUTES=False, HISTOGRAM=False, QUALITY=False, KEEP=False, **kwargs)[source]
Reads ICESat-2 ATL06 (Land Ice Along-Track Height Product) data files
- Parameters
- FILENAME: str
full path to ATL06 file
- ATTRIBUTES: bool, default False
read HDF5 attributes for groups and variables
- HISTOGRAM: bool, default False
read ATL06 residual_histogram variables
- QUALITY: bool, default False
read ATL06 segment_quality variables
- KEEP: bool, default False
keep file object open
- Returns
- IS2_atl06_mds: dict
ATL06 variables
- IS2_atl06_attrs:
ATL06 attributes
- IS2_atl06_beams: list
valid ICESat-2 beams within ATL06 file
- icesat2_toolkit.io.ATL06.find_beams(FILENAME, KEEP=False, **kwargs)[source]
Find valid beam groups within ICESat-2 ATL06 (Land Ice Along-Track Height Product) data files
- Parameters
- FILENAME: str
full path to ATL06 file
- KEEP: bool, default False
keep file object open
- Returns
- IS2_atl06_beams: list
valid ICESat-2 beams within ATL06 file
- icesat2_toolkit.io.ATL06.read_beam(FILENAME, gtx, ATTRIBUTES=False, KEEP=False, **kwargs)[source]
Reads ICESat-2 ATL06 (Land Ice Along-Track Height Product) data files for a specific beam
- Parameters
- FILENAME: str
full path to ATL06 file
- gtx: str
beam name based on ground track and position
'gt1l''gt1r''gt2l''gt2r''gt3l''gt3r'
- ATTRIBUTES: bool, default False
read HDF5 attributes for groups and variables
- HISTOGRAM: bool, default False
read ATL06 residual_histogram variables
- QUALITY: bool, default False
read ATL06 segment_quality variables
- KEEP: bool, default False
keep file object open
- Returns
- IS2_atl06_mds: dict
ATL06 variables
- IS2_atl06_attrs:
ATL06 attributes