Global Ocean Heat and Salt Content

Global Ocean Heat and Salt Content / Global Analyzed Fields

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)

File naming conventions:
[p]_[ud]-[ld]_[by][ey][bm]-[em].dat where:
[p] - parameter (hc = heat content)
[ud] - upper depth of layer
[ld] - lower depth of layer
[by] - last two digits of beginning year
[ey] - last two digits of ending year
[bm] - two digits of beginning month
[em] - two digits of ending month
Note: year 2000 is presented as A0, 2001 is A1, etc.
year 2010 is presented as B0, 2011 is B1, etc.
year 2020 is presented as C0, 2021 is C1, etc.
- 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 2019)

File naming conventions:
[p]_[ud]-[ld]_[by][ey].dat where:
[p] - parameter (hc=heat content)
[ud] - upper depth of layer
[ld] - lower depth of layer
[by] - last two digits of beginning year
[ey] - last two digits of ending year
Note: year 2000 is presented as A0, 2001 is A1, etc.
year 2010 is presented as B0, 2011 is B1, etc.
year 2020 is presented as C0, 2021 is C1, etc.
- ASCII files
- netCDF file
- THREDDS links

Analyzed fields:
0 - 2000 meters layer (2005 to 2019)
- ASCII files
- netCDF file
- THREDDS links

Pentadal heat content (10¹⁸ joules)
File naming conventions

Analyzed fields:
0 - 700 meters layer (1955-59 to 2015-19)

File naming conventions:
[p]_[ud]-[ld]_[bp][ep].dat where:
[p] - parameter (hc=heat content)
[ud] - upper depth of layer
[ld] - lower depth of layer
[bp] - last two digits of beginning pentad
[ep] - last two digits of ending pentad
Note: year 2000 is presented as A0, 2001 is A1, etc.
year 2010 is presented as B0, 2011 is B1, etc.
year 2020 is presented as C0, 2021 is C1, etc.
- ASCII files
- netCDF file
- THREDDS links

Analyzed fields:
0 - 2000 meters layer (1955-59 to 2015-19)
- ASCII files
- netCDF file
- THREDDS links