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Input Data: CHL

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

chl.1997.tar • 1997 data; ~ 17 MB of compressed data
chl.1998.tar • 1998 data; ~ 50 MB of compressed data
chl.1999.tar • 1999 data; ~ 50 MB of compressed data
chl.2000.tar • 2000 data; ~ 51 MB of compressed data
chl.2001.tar • 2001 data; ~ 51 MB of compressed data
chl.2002.tar • 2002 data; ~ 51 MB of compressed data
chl.2003.tar • 2003 data; ~ 51 MB of compressed data
chl.2004.tar • 2004 data; ~ 51 MB of compressed data
chl.2005.tar • 2005 data; ~ 51 MB of compressed data
chl.2006.tar • 2006 data; ~ 51 MB of compressed data
chl.2007.tar • 2007 data; ~ 47 MB of compressed data

hdf file naming convention

chl.yyyyddd.hdf.gz

chl = chlorophyll (units of mg / m**3 )
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 chl.1998001 chl.1999001 chl.2000001
  February no data chl.1998032 chl.1999032 chl.2000032
  March no data chl.1998060 chl.1999060 chl.2000061
  April no data chl.1998091 chl.1999091 chl.2000092
  May no data chl.1998121 chl.1999121 chl.2000122
  June no data chl.1998152 chl.1999152 chl.2000153
  July no data chl.1998182 chl.1999182 chl.2000183
  August no data chl.1998213 chl.1999213 chl.2000214
  September chl.1997244 chl.1998244 chl.1999244 chl.2000245
  October chl.1997274 chl.1998274 chl.1999274 chl.2000275
  November chl.1997305 chl.1998305 chl.1999305 chl.2000306
  December chl.1997335 chl.1998335 chl.1999335 chl.2000336

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

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



Last modified: 07 October 2009
by:  Robert O'Malley
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