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Input Data: BBP

1080 by 2160 Monthly HDF files from GSM v4 Data (using SeaWiFS 5.2)

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.1997.tar • 1997 data; ~ 17 MB of compressed data
bbp.1998.tar • 1998 data; ~ 49 MB of compressed data
bbp.1999.tar • 1999 data; ~ 49 MB of compressed data
bbp.2000.tar • 2000 data; ~ 50 MB of compressed data
bbp.2001.tar • 2001 data; ~ 50 MB of compressed data
bbp.2002.tar • 2002 data; ~ 50 MB of compressed data
bbp.2003.tar • 2003 data; ~ 50 MB of compressed data
bbp.2004.tar • 2004 data; ~ 50 MB of compressed data
bbp.2005.tar • 2005 data; ~ 50 MB of compressed data
bbp.2006.tar • 2006 data; ~ 50 MB of compressed data
bbp.2007.tar • 2007 data; ~ 46 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

  1997 1998 1999 2000
  January no data bbp.1998001 bbp.1999001 bbp.2000001
  February no data bbp.1998032 bbp.1999032 bbp.2000032
  March no data bbp.1998060 bbp.1999060 bbp.2000061
  April no data bbp.1998091 bbp.1999091 bbp.2000092
  May no data bbp.1998121 bbp.1999121 bbp.2000122
  June no data bbp.1998152 bbp.1999152 bbp.2000153
  July no data bbp.1998182 bbp.1999182 bbp.2000183
  August no data bbp.1998213 bbp.1999213 bbp.2000214
  September bbp.1997244 bbp.1998244 bbp.1999244 bbp.2000245
  October bbp.1997274 bbp.1998274 bbp.1999274 bbp.2000275
  November bbp.1997305 bbp.1998305 bbp.1999305 bbp.2000306
  December bbp.1997335 bbp.1998335 bbp.1999335 bbp.2000336

  2001 2002 2003 2004
  January bbp.2001001 bbp.2002001 bbp.2003001 bbp.2004001
  February bbp.2001032 bbp.2002032 bbp.2003032 bbp.2004032
  March bbp.2001060 bbp.2002060 bbp.2003060 bbp.2004061
  April bbp.2001091 bbp.2002091 bbp.2003091 bbp.2004092
  May bbp.2001121 bbp.2002121 bbp.2003121 bbp.2004122
  June bbp.2001152 bbp.2002152 bbp.2003152 bbp.2004153
  July bbp.2001182 bbp.2002182 bbp.2003182 bbp.2004183
  August bbp.2001213 bbp.2002213 bbp.2003213 bbp.2004214
  September bbp.2001244 bbp.2002244 bbp.2003244 bbp.2004245
  October bbp.2001274 bbp.2002274 bbp.2003274 bbp.2004275
  November bbp.2001305 bbp.2002305 bbp.2003305 bbp.2004306
  December bbp.2001335 bbp.2002335 bbp.2003335 bbp.2004336

  2005 2006 2007 2008
  January bbp.2005001 bbp.2006001 bbp.2007001 no data
  February bbp.2005032 bbp.2006032 bbp.2007032 no data
  March bbp.2005060 bbp.2006060 bbp.2007060 no data
  April bbp.2005091 bbp.2006091 bbp.2007091 no data
  May bbp.2005121 bbp.2006121 bbp.2007121 no data
  June bbp.2005152 bbp.2006152 bbp.2007152 no data
  July bbp.2005182 bbp.2006182 bbp.2007182 no data
  August bbp.2005213 bbp.2006213 bbp.2007213 no data
  September bbp.2005244 bbp.2006244 bbp.2007244 no data
  October bbp.2005274 bbp.2006274 bbp.2007274 no data
  November bbp.2005305 bbp.2006305 bbp.2007305 not ready
  December bbp.2005335 bbp.2006335 not ready not ready



Last modified: 08 October 2009
by:  Robert O'Malley
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