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Input Data: MLD

1080 by 2160 Monthly HDF files from SODA 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

mld.soda.1997.tar• 1997 data: ~   64 MB of compressed data
mld.soda.1998.tar• 1998 data: ~   64 MB of compressed data
mld.soda.1999.tar• 1999 data: ~   64 MB of compressed data
mld.soda.2000.tar• 2000 data: ~   64 MB of compressed data
mld.soda.2001.tar• 2001 data: ~   64 MB of compressed data
mld.soda.2002.tar• 2002 data: ~   64 MB of compressed data
mld.soda.2003.tar• 2003 data: ~   64 MB of compressed data
mld.soda.2004.tar• 2004 data: ~   64 MB of compressed data

hdf file naming convention

mld.yyyyddd.hdf.gz

mld = mixed 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

 19971998199920002001200220032004
January 1997001 1998001 1999001 2000001 2001001 2002001 2003001 2004001
February 1997032 1998032 1999032 2000032 2001032 2002032 2003032 2004032
March 1997060 1998060 1999060 2000061 2001060 2002060 2003060 2004061
April 1997091 1998091 1999091 2000092 2001091 2002091 2003091 2004092
May 1997121 1998121 1999121 2000122 2001121 2002121 2003121 2004122
June 1997152 1998152 1999152 2000153 2001152 2002152 2003152 2004153
July 1997182 1998182 1999182 2000183 2001182 2002182 2003182 2004183
August 1997213 1998213 1999213 2000214 2001213 2002213 2003213 2004214
September 1997244 1998244 1999244 2000245 2001244 2002244 2003244 2004245
October 1997274 1998274 1999274 2000275 2001274 2002274 2003274 2004275
November 1997305 1998305 1999305 2000306 2001305 2002305 2003305 2004306
December 1997335 1998335 1999335 2000336 2001335 2002335 2003335 2004336


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

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