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Heat content 2004: Global analyzed fields (ASCII files)

To download the heat content files, you may download an individual file or a tar file of all years for a particular file type.

Information how to download and read the data is available from Instructions.

Yearly heat content from 1955 to 2003 (1018 joules)
  • Analyzed fields
- The 0 - 300 meters layer
- The 0 - 700 meters layer

 
Pentadal heat content from 1955-59 to 1994-98 (1018 joules)
  • Analyzed fields
- The layer 0 - 3000 meters

 
    File naming conventions:

    [p][ud]-[ld]-[by][ey].dat
      |    |     |     |     |
      |    |     |     |     last two digits of ending year
      |    |     |     last two digits of beginning year
      |    |     lower depth of layer
      |    upper depth of layer
      parameter (hc=heat content)

Note: year 2000 is presented as A0, 2001 is A1, etc.
 

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