ICESat2_xarray

Work with ICESat-2 altimetry data in xarray and intake

Goal:

• Combine multiple hdf5 files into xarray dataset
• Streamline data loading from local hdf5 files to xarray dataset via intake
• Flexible data visualization defined by common parameters: RGT or Cycle
• Streamline data loading from remote server to xarray dataset via intake
• Data manipulation in xarray

Resources

• Zarr
• Zarr vs HDF5
• xarray.open zarr
• Intake introduction
  • YAML data format
  • Demo: Use intake to read altimetry datasets
  • Demo: Xarray + Intake
• Icepyx
• READ_ICESat-2 by Tyler Sutterley