World Ocean Atlas 2013: masks

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World Ocean Atlas 2013 Masks

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basinmask_01.msk - basin mask used for WOA climatology objective analysis for 1° grid

basinmask_04.msk - basin mask used for WOA climatology objective analysis for 0.25° grid

landsea_01.msk - bottom depth assigned to each 1°x1° square

landsea_04.msk - bottom depth assigned to each 0.25°x0.25° square

mixnumber_01.msk - mixing number (values -2 through 2) for 1° grid. If basins are not the same, the sum of the mixing numbers must be > 0

mixnumber_04.msk - mixing number (values -2 through 2) for 0.25° grid. If basins are not the same, the sum of the mixing numbers must be > 0

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