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Input Data: PAR

1080 by 2160 Monthly HDF files from SeaWiFS 5.2 Data

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

par.1997.tar • 1997 data: ~ 16 MB of compressed data
par.1998.tar • 1998 data: ~ 49 MB of compressed data
par.1999.tar • 1999 data: ~ 49 MB of compressed data
par.2000.tar • 2000 data: ~ 50 MB of compressed data
par.2001.tar • 2001 data: ~ 51 MB of compressed data
par.2002.tar • 2002 data: ~ 51 MB of compressed data
par.2003.tar • 2003 data: ~ 51 MB of compressed data
par.2004.tar • 2004 data: ~ 51 MB of compressed data
par.2005.tar • 2005 data: ~ 51 MB of compressed data
par.2006.tar • 2006 data: ~ 51 MB of compressed data
par.2007.tar • 2007 data: ~ 51 MB of compressed data
par.2008.tar • 2008 data: ~   8 MB of compressed data
par.2009.tar • 2009 data: ~ 13 MB of compressed data

hdf file naming convention

par.yyyyddd.hdf.gz

par = photosynthetically available radiation (units of Einstein / m**2 / 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".

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

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

  2005 2006 2007 2008
  January par.2005001 par.2006001 par.2007001 no data
  February par.2005032 par.2006032 par.2007032 no data
  March par.2005060 par.2006060 par.2007060 no data
  April par.2005091 par.2006091 par.2007091 partial data
  May par.2005121 par.2006121 par.2007121 partial data
  June par.2005152 par.2006152 par.2007152 partial data
  July par.2005182 par.2006182 par.2007182 no data
  August par.2005213 par.2006213 par.2007213 partial data
  September par.2005244 par.2006244 par.2007244 partial data
  October par.2005274 par.2006274 par.2007274 partial data
  November par.2005305 par.2006305 par.2007305 par.2008306
  December par.2005335 par.2006335 par.2007335 par.2008336

  2009
  January par.2009001
  February par.2009032
  March par.2009060
  April partial data
  May no data
  June partial data
  July partial data
  August no data
  September no data
  October no data
  November no data
  December no data


Last modified: 21 August 2009
by:  Robert O'Malley
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