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Heat Content Global Analyzed Fields

To download the heat content files, you may download an individual file or a tar file of all years for a particular file type. The WOA documentation includes information on downloading and reading the data.

3-Month heat content (1018 joules)
File naming conventions

  • Analyzed fields:
    0 - 700 meters layer (1955 to present)

    - ASCII files
    - netCDF file
    - THREDDS links
  • Analyzed fields:
    0 - 2000 meters layer (2005 to present)

    - ASCII files
    - netCDF file
    - THREDDS links

Yearly heat content (1018 joules)
File naming conventions

  • Analyzed fields:
    0 - 700 meters layer (1955 to 2023)

    - ASCII files
    - netCDF file
    - THREDDS links
  • Analyzed fields:
    0 - 2000 meters layer (2005 to 2023)

    - ASCII files
    - netCDF file
    - THREDDS links

Pentadal heat content (1018 joules)
File naming conventions

  • Analyzed fields:
    0 - 700 meters layer (1955-59 to 2029-23)

    - ASCII files
    - netCDF file
    - THREDDS links
  • Analyzed fields:
    0 - 2000 meters layer (1955-59 to 2029-23)

    - ASCII files
    - netCDF file
    - THREDDS links