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Online Data: Growth Rate (from 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?

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

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

hdf file naming convention

growth.yyyyddd.hdf.gz

growth = growth rate (units of divisions / day )
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 growth.2003001 growth.2004001 growth.2005001
  February no data growth.2003032 growth.2004032 growth.2005032
  March no data growth.2003060 growth.2004061 growth.2005060
  April no data growth.2003091 growth.2004092 growth.2005091
  May no data growth.2003121 growth.2004122 growth.2005121
  June no data growth.2003152 growth.2004153 growth.2005152
  July growth.2002182 growth.2003182 growth.2004183 growth.2005182
  August growth.2002213 growth.2003213 growth.2004214 growth.2005213
  September growth.2002244 growth.2003244 growth.2004245 growth.2005244
  October growth.2002274 growth.2003274 growth.2004275 growth.2005274
  November growth.2002305 growth.2003305 growth.2004306 growth.2005305
  December growth.2002335 growth.2003335 growth.2004336 growth.2005335

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


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