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12 changes: 12 additions & 0 deletions docs/aggregation.rst
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Expand Up @@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ the following group names:

* Transport Transects

* Uummannaq/Disko GIS Glaciers

This function returns the function that will aggregate the requested group,
a prefix for the group (a modified version of the group name) and a date stamp
that is updated each time the features in the group are changed. This way,
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -114,6 +116,16 @@ have also been altered so that all glaciers terminating in an individual fjord
are from the same drainage basin. Regions cover both landice and ocean, and could be used for either
component.

Uummannaq/Disko GIS Glaciers
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The function :py:func:`geometric_features.aggregation.landice.uummannaq_disko`
aggregates the GIS tidewater outlet glaciers flowing into the Ummannaq and Disko Bay region of
Greenland. Glacier boundaries were defined using the ice basin layer in QGreenland
(https://github.com/nsidc/qgreenland/) and manually manipulated near the glacier termini to create
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Can you add a version tag here in case these basin definitions change in future QGreenland releases?

a buffer zone around each outlet glacier, so that QGreenland boundaries encompass the full glacier area
defined on the MALI mesh.
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On which MALI mesh?


Historical Sea Ice
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aggregation.seaice.arctic
aggregation.seaice.qgreenland
aggregation.landice.nasa_greenland
aggregation.landice.uummannaq_disko
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