Home Standard Products Custom Products Frequently Asked Questions
Field Data

NPP History

Photosynthesis

Highlights / Results


Online Data: CbPM

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?

[Note: ancillary input data are available here for those who are interested]

Other Variables

Additional output data besides NPP are available from the CbPM, and can be found on these pages:

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

cbpm.2002.tar • 2002 data: ~ 25 MB of compressed data
cbpm.2003.tar • 2003 data: ~ 50 MB of compressed data
cbpm.2004.tar • 2004 data: ~ 50 MB of compressed data
cbpm.2005.tar • 2005 data: ~ 51 MB of compressed data
cbpm.2006.tar • 2006 data: ~ 51 MB of compressed data
cbpm.2007.tar • 2007 data: ~ 47 MB of compressed data

hdf file naming convention

cbpm.yyyyddd.hdf.gz

cbpm = net primary production (units of mg C / m**2 / day ) based on the cbpm algorithm
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".

npp is based on the original cbpm algorithm, using gsm chl and gsm bbp (both modis derived products), seawifs par, and mld as input; clouds have been filled in the input data using our own gap-filling software.

For citation, please reference the original cbpm paper by Behrenfeld et al. (2005) and the Ocean Productivity site for the data.

Monthly Files

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

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


Last modified: 13 October 2009
by:  Robert O'Malley
Site Map

HomeStandard ProductsCustom ProductsFAQ sheet

Field DataNPP HistoryPhotosynthesis Highlights / Results