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Online Data: Growth Rate (from CbPM)

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

growth.1997.tar • 1997 data; ~ 16 MB of compressed data
growth.1998.tar • 1998 data; ~ 49 MB of compressed data
growth.1999.tar • 1999 data; ~ 50 MB of compressed data
growth.2000.tar • 2000 data; ~ 50 MB of compressed data
growth.2001.tar • 2001 data; ~ 50 MB of compressed data
growth.2002.tar • 2002 data; ~ 51 MB of compressed data
growth.2003.tar • 2003 data; ~ 51 MB of compressed data
growth.2004.tar • 2004 data; ~ 51 MB of compressed data
growth.2005.tar • 2005 data; ~ 52 MB of compressed data
growth.2006.tar • 2006 data; ~ 52 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

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

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

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



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