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HadSST.4.2.0.0 Data: download

The data and products on this page are provided under the Open Government Licence v3.

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 = 43a646a1125b2640092aa092546049d0
HadSST.4.2.0.0_monthly_NHEM.csv (167K) - md5sum checksum = 8cc0ffc35b7eb09473f40668cce5458e
HadSST.4.2.0.0_monthly_SHEM.csv (168K) - md5sum checksum = adf995ee08db2d45a1691abf464d207d
HadSST.4.2.0.0_monthly_TROP.csv (168K) - md5sum checksum = 73986ab8288e9cb3fc774f8b2b963b60

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 = 68d4467b8ddc105edb74c9cba5628e99
HadSST.4.2.0.0_ensemble_members_1-50.zip (430M) - md5sum checksum = 0287587f224236cb68241960946725b9
HadSST.4.2.0.0_ensemble_members_51-100.zip (430M) - md5sum checksum = 0ac3a00a5f029e723d531efc5c38c3ba
HadSST.4.2.0.0_ensemble_members_101-150.zip (430M) - md5sum checksum = d2b13f13d0a4042d9959d3f9754618ad
HadSST.4.2.0.0_ensemble_members_151-200.zip (430M) - md5sum checksum = a53a505368d73ca9b2048ff71f29a036

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 = fb75a260fc9e647326f5a02db81ce4e2
HadSST.4.2.0.0_measurement_and_sampling_uncertainty.nc (8.1M) - md5sum checksum = 5d008afc169bd9d673e9d883641d45ea
HadSST.4.2.0.0_error_covariance_1850-1899.zip (421M) - md5sum checksum = e48b54e8a86ec235ffcf99f8de5df824
HadSST.4.2.0.0_error_covariance_1900-1949.zip (707M) - md5sum checksum = fc41f2eecf3829bf488974167a8ccfaa
HadSST.4.2.0.0_error_covariance_1950-1999.zip (1.1G) - md5sum checksum = 37c3cd660217aec0d384246a093f49d4
HadSST.4.2.0.0_error_covariance_2000-present.zip (601M) - md5sum checksum = cea9ee1f07eb2535831b081be326e8d5

Observation counts

HadSST.4.2.0.0_number_of_observations.nc (4.3M) - md5sum checksum = 1e3fcc03a61907dcc77bd8aab901cc73
HadSST.4.2.0.0_number_of_superobservations.nc (3.7M) - md5sum checksum = b8de39efbc09deec705dfcfd1eb81964

Additional products

HadSST.4.2.0.0_unadjusted.nc (8.6M) - md5sum checksum = 12dcc446df842c59692f16d0f120c5b8
HadSST.4.2.0.0_actuals_median.nc (7.8M) - md5sum checksum = adbda15b2436dda6666b5a1c2bf096da
HadSST.4.2.0.0_actuals_ensemble_members_1-50.zip (391M) - md5sum checksum = 787dbd160c255c133290b98cbbb8c813
HadSST.4.2.0.0_actuals_ensemble_members_51-100.zip (391M) - md5sum checksum = 8235e6a19bf19b6082db82c47e3b53e0
HadSST.4.2.0.0_actuals_ensemble_members_101-150.zip (391M) - md5sum checksum = 9ec0d883f2b970927bfff11371720f9f
HadSST.4.2.0.0_actuals_ensemble_members_151-200.zip (391M) - md5sum checksum = ec6468a68996a87ef55cd0ae51ee36ce

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