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Input Data: BBP

1080 by 2160 Monthly HDF files from GSM v4 Data (using MODIS)

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.

different grid size or timestep?

Data Selection

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

Annual Tar Files

bbp.2002.tar • 2002 data: ~ 25 MB of compressed data
bbp.2003.tar • 2003 data: ~ 49 MB of compressed data
bbp.2004.tar • 2004 data: ~ 49 MB of compressed data
bbp.2005.tar • 2005 data: ~ 49 MB of compressed data
bbp.2006.tar • 2006 data: ~ 49 MB of compressed data
bbp.2007.tar • 2007 data: ~ 49 MB of compressed data
bbp.2008.tar • 2008 data: ~ 9 MB of compressed data

hdf file naming convention

bbp.yyyyddd.hdf.gz

bbp = particulate backscatter (units of 1 / m )
yyyy = year
ddd = day of year of the start of each monthly 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".

clouds have been filled in the input data using our own gap-filling software.

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

Monthly Files

  2002 2003 2004 2005
  January no data bbp.2003001 bbp.2004001 bbp.2005001
  February no data bbp.2003032 bbp.2004032 bbp.2005032
  March no data bbp.2003060 bbp.2004061 bbp.2005060
  April no data bbp.2003091 bbp.2004092 bbp.2005091
  May no data bbp.2003121 bbp.2004122 bbp.2005121
  June no data bbp.2003152 bbp.2004153 bbp.2005152
  July bbp.2002182 bbp.2003182 bbp.2004183 bbp.2005182
  August bbp.2002213 bbp.2003213 bbp.2004214 bbp.2005213
  September bbp.2002244 bbp.2003244 bbp.2004245 bbp.2005244
  October bbp.2002274 bbp.2003274 bbp.2004275 bbp.2005274
  November bbp.2002305 bbp.2003305 bbp.2004306 bbp.2005305
  December bbp.2002335 bbp.2003335 bbp.2004336 bbp.2005335

  2006 2007 2008
  January bbp.2006001 bbp.2007001 bbp.2008001
  February bbp.2006032 bbp.2007032 bbp.2008032
  March bbp.2006060 bbp.2007060 not ready
  April bbp.2006091 bbp.2007091 not ready
  May bbp.2006121 bbp.2007121 not ready
  June bbp.2006152 bbp.2007152 not ready
  July bbp.2006182 bbp.2007182 not ready
  August bbp.2006213 bbp.2007213 not ready
  September bbp.2006244 bbp.2007244 not ready
  October bbp.2006274 bbp.2007274 not ready
  November bbp.2006305 bbp.2007305 not ready
  December bbp.2006335 bbp.2007335 not ready


Last modified: 22 September 2009
by:  Robert O'Malley
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