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Input Data: MLD

1080 by 2160 Monthly HDF files from FNMOC_TOPS Model

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.

[Note: a discussion of our selection of MLD data is available here for those who are interested]

  • hycom : highest resolution, global coverage, data from day 265 (2008) to present
  • fnmoc : good resolution, latitude limited (+/-69.49), data from day 169 (2005) to present
  • soda : ok resolution, global coverage, data from day 249 (1997) to end of 2004
  • tops : interpolated from 1-degree resolution, global coverage, data from day 001 (2005) to 225 (2010), isothermal layer thickness

different timestep?
different model?

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

ild.tops.2005.tar• 2005 data: ~   91 MB of compressed data
ild.tops.2006.tar• 2006 data: ~   90 MB of compressed data
ild.tops.2007.tar• 2007 data: ~   87 MB of compressed data
ild.tops.2008.tar• 2008 data: ~   87 MB of compressed data
ild.tops.2009.tar• 2009 data: ~   88 MB of compressed data
ild.tops.2010.tar• 2010 data: ~   52 MB of compressed data

hdf file naming convention

ild.yyyyddd.hdf.gz

ild = isothermal layer depth (units of 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".

For citation, please reference the Ocean Productivity site for the data.

Monthly Files

 200520062007200820092010
January 2005001 2006001 2007001 2008001 2009001 2010001
February 2005032 2006032 2007032 2008032 2009032 2010032
March 2005060 2006060 2007060 2008061 2009060 2010060
April 2005091 2006091 2007091 2008092 2009091 2010091
May 2005121 2006121 2007121 2008122 2009121 2010121
June 2005152 2006152 2007152 2008153 2009152 2010152
July 2005182 2006182 2007182 2008183 2009182 2010182
August 2005213 2006213 2007213 2008214 2009213-----
September 2005244 2006244 2007244 2008245 2009244-----
October 2005274 2006274 2007274 2008275 2009274-----
November 2005305 2006305 2007305 2008306 2009305-----
December 2005335 2006335 2007335 2008336 2009335-----


Last modified: 29 August 2011
by:  Robert O'Malley

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