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HadSST.4.2.0.0 Data: download

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User information:

For details on file formats, contents and how to use this data please see the Product User Guide, which includes a quick start guide.
Checksums can be used to ensure that downloaded files match the version we hold. On Linux systems the command is "md5sum".
Earlier versions of the dataset can be downloaded from here.

Time series files

Time series files are available in csv format.

Annual time series files

HadSST.4.2.0.0_annual_GLOBE.csv (14K) - md5sum checksum = 4afa9c3bebc2e8346f544cdc498ab0ab
HadSST.4.2.0.0_annual_NHEM.csv (14K) - md5sum checksum = c70a9148b5d9465b4f0b3ad1c8310006
HadSST.4.2.0.0_annual_SHEM.csv (14K) - md5sum checksum = 3f6cb2b7bc20580f38551e9d7c89b19a
HadSST.4.2.0.0_annual_TROP.csv (14K) - md5sum checksum = 29fb8ee17e464ef7dea6de42471eb31e

Monthly time series files

HadSST.4.2.0.0_monthly_GLOBE.csv (168K) - md5sum checksum = eccdbfc07b50c0d7529e8374e8818179
HadSST.4.2.0.0_monthly_NHEM.csv (167K) - md5sum checksum = 23f46019fb30635554d49e677ca3a752
HadSST.4.2.0.0_monthly_SHEM.csv (168K) - md5sum checksum = adedd4f21ec6653d8238bad0befafbee
HadSST.4.2.0.0_monthly_TROP.csv (168K) - md5sum checksum = bc49090e1b867fe92feb767ca917b687

Gridded data files

The gridded data are available as a set of NetCDF (external link) files. The files are CF compliant.

Core dataset

The core 200-member SST anomaly ensemble dataset and median. The ensemble is provided as four zip files, each containing 50 members that represent structurally different parts of the ensemble. The full ensemble is required to obtain a complete representation of the bias uncertainty.

HadSST.4.2.0.0_median.nc (8.6M) - md5sum checksum = 0d77d0b62a70009cb2cc834a4eaf7763
HadSST.4.2.0.0_ensemble_members_1-50.zip (429M) - md5sum checksum = 2cc7c950bb0b1400da1b7883731cf8f4
HadSST.4.2.0.0_ensemble_members_51-100.zip (429M) - md5sum checksum = 4e1a6e846cf664d5f28ca2542bb06e21
HadSST.4.2.0.0_ensemble_members_101-150.zip (429M) - md5sum checksum = dc880e813ac5240045dddd477c0d2c15
HadSST.4.2.0.0_ensemble_members_151-200.zip (429M) - md5sum checksum = 0e0339d558c75b612dbffef645548cb8

Uncertainty components

Including correlated and uncorrelated components for use in uncertainty propagation. Please see the Product User Guide for further details.

HadSST.4.2.0.0_total_uncertainty.nc (8.1M) - md5sum checksum = 6a764b975a0025f9d67fef463e4c61ce
HadSST.4.2.0.0_measurement_and_sampling_uncertainty.nc (8.0M) - md5sum checksum = 7013db768983ea318a40ce9136db2d55
HadSST.4.2.0.0_error_covariance_1850-1899.zip (421M) - md5sum checksum = 650f12be6e8e7f30d267e2ff43967e81
HadSST.4.2.0.0_error_covariance_1900-1949.zip (707M) - md5sum checksum = 72817f65d5860c3f47031fc23e346ff9
HadSST.4.2.0.0_error_covariance_1950-1999.zip (1.1G) - md5sum checksum = ae0d8c55c3bf583bf91239e7edd3151c
HadSST.4.2.0.0_error_covariance_2000-present.zip (599M) - md5sum checksum = 612b71fa82bc890463e84e4c0c8078bf

Observation counts

HadSST.4.2.0.0_number_of_observations.nc (4.3M) - md5sum checksum = c1b31722bd0f78c903b1eaef99050861
HadSST.4.2.0.0_number_of_superobservations.nc (3.7M) - md5sum checksum = 63a0c6b0209f0db0e12a82a384bb7369

Additional products

HadSST.4.2.0.0_unadjusted.nc (8.6M) - md5sum checksum = 023244f15381127c378de18129ff0223
HadSST.4.2.0.0_actuals_median.nc (7.8M) - md5sum checksum = 05dd6fb3300973a745da56205d39bc7d
HadSST.4.2.0.0_actuals_ensemble_members_1-50.zip (391M) - md5sum checksum = 7f61c7cef12a733f7b0a589c853c79d2
HadSST.4.2.0.0_actuals_ensemble_members_51-100.zip (391M) - md5sum checksum = 9b1bfe56dc34e5ff2333bd7ffd3dc166
HadSST.4.2.0.0_actuals_ensemble_members_101-150.zip (391M) - md5sum checksum = aac37edff26b9709a8cde37a17446082
HadSST.4.2.0.0_actuals_ensemble_members_151-200.zip (391M) - md5sum checksum = f0f897d14f7fa48679ea3bc3dc2f91a8

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