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Input Data: MLD

1080 by 2160 8day HDF files from HYCOM Model

note: all data updated July 9, 2014, to carry near-shore mld values

HYCOM source:
expt_91.2: day 113 (2016) to present
expt_91.1: day 097 (2014) to 105 (2016)
expt_91.0: day 233 (2013) to 089 (2014)
expt_90.9: day 001 (2011) to 225 (2013)
expt_90.8: day 121 (2009) to 361 (2010)
expt_90.6: day 265 (2008) to 113 (2009)

To get these data, please click on the file name(s) that you have selected and save locally on your computer. The individual hdf files are gzipped (use gunzip to uncompress) and the tar files contain gzipped hdf files.

[Note: a discussion of our selection of MLD data is available here for those who are interested]

  • hycom : highest resolution, global coverage, data from day 265 (2008) to present
  • fnmoc : good resolution, latitude limited (+/-69.49), data from day 169 (2005) to present
  • soda : ok resolution, global coverage, data from day 249 (1997) to end of 2004
  • tops : interpolated from 1-degree resolution, global coverage, data from day 001 (2005) to 225 (2010), isothermal layer thickness

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Data Selection

You can either download annual tar files with the data we have for each year, or you can access the individual 8day files at the end of this page.

Annual Tar Files

mld.hycom.2008.tar• 2008 data: ~   65 MB of compressed data
mld.hycom.2009.tar• 2009 data: ~ 228 MB of compressed data
mld.hycom.2010.tar• 2010 data: ~ 228 MB of compressed data
mld.hycom.2011.tar• 2011 data: ~ 228 MB of compressed data
mld.hycom.2012.tar• 2012 data: ~ 228 MB of compressed data
mld.hycom.2013.tar• 2013 data: ~ 228 MB of compressed data
mld.hycom.2014.tar• 2014 data: ~ 229 MB of compressed data
mld.hycom.2015.tar• 2015 data: ~ 229 MB of compressed data
mld.hycom.2016.tar• 2016 data: ~ 229 MB of compressed data
mld.hycom.2017.tar• 2017 data: ~   40 MB of compressed data

hdf file naming convention

mld.yyyyddd.hdf.gz

mld = mixed layer depth (units of m )
yyyy = year
ddd= day of year of the start of each 8day file
hdf = file type
gz = compressed with gzip (uncompress with gunzip)

The hdf files have metadata contained within them, which can be examined, for example, with program "ncdump".

For citation, please reference the Ocean Productivity site for the data.

8day Files

starting day2008200920102011201220132014201520162017
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Last modified: 09 May 2016
by:  Robert O'Malley

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