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Input Data: SST4

1080 by 2160 Monthly HDF files from MODIS 1.1 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

sst.2002.tar • 2002 data: ~ 26 MB of compressed data
sst.2003.tar • 2003 data: ~ 51 MB of compressed data
sst.2004.tar • 2004 data: ~ 50 MB of compressed data
sst.2005.tar • 2005 data: ~ 51 MB of compressed data
sst.2006.tar • 2006 data: ~ 51 MB of compressed data
sst.2007.tar • 2007 data: ~ 51 MB of compressed data
sst.2008.tar • 2008 data: ~ 51 MB of compressed data
sst.2009.tar • 2009 data: ~ 26 MB [last file is June]

hdf file naming convention

sst.yyyyddd.hdf.gz

sst = sea surface temperature (from 4-micron data) (units of degrees C )
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 sst.2003001 sst.2004001 sst.2005001
  February no data sst.2003032 sst.2004032 sst.2005032
  March no data sst.2003060 sst.2004061 sst.2005060
  April no data sst.2003091 sst.2004092 sst.2005091
  May no data sst.2003121 sst.2004122 sst.2005121
  June no data sst.2003152 sst.2004153 sst.2005152
  July sst.2002182 sst.2003182 sst.2004183 sst.2005182
  August sst.2002213 sst.2003213 sst.2004214 sst.2005213
  September sst.2002244 sst.2003244 sst.2004245 sst.2005244
  October sst.2002274 sst.2003274 sst.2004275 sst.2005274
  November sst.2002305 sst.2003305 sst.2004306 sst.2005305
  December sst.2002335 sst.2003335 sst.2004336 sst.2005335

  2006 2007 2008 2009
  January sst.2006001 sst.2007001 sst.2008001 sst.2009001
  February sst.2006032 sst.2007032 sst.2008032 sst.2009032
  March sst.2006060 sst.2007060 sst.2008061 sst.2009060
  April sst.2006091 sst.2007091 sst.2008092 sst.2009091
  May sst.2006121 sst.2007121 sst.2008122 sst.2009121
  June sst.2006152 sst.2007152 sst.2008153 sst.2009152
  July sst.2006182 sst.2007182 sst.2008183 not yet
  August sst.2006213 sst.2007213 sst.2008214 not yet
  September sst.2006244 sst.2007244 sst.2008245 no data
  October sst.2006274 sst.2007274 sst.2008275 no data
  November sst.2006305 sst.2007305 sst.2008306 no data
  December sst.2006335 sst.2007335 sst.2008336 no data


Last modified: 22 September 2009
by:  Robert O'Malley
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