Mediterranean Sea Climatic Indices

Climatic indices for the Mediterranean Sea (-6.25W–36.5E, 30N–46N) from 1950 to 2015. The file "Med_Climatic_Indices.tar.gz" contains : a) an ascii file named “inventory.lst” which lists all the available indices, and b) a directory named “Med_Climatic_Indices” with all the available indices under the following structure:

Anomalies/Annual_Decadal/Variable_decade_allmonths_z1_z2.nc

Anomalies/Seasonal_Decadal/Variable_decade_season_z1_z2.nc

ArealDensity/Annual_Decadal/Variable_decade_allmonths_z1z2.nc

ArealDensity/Seasonal_Decadal/ Variable_decade_season_z1z2.nc

Climashift_30yrs/Anomalies/Annual/Variable_decade2_decade1_allmonths_z1_z2.nc

Climashift_30yrs/Anomalies/Seasonal/ Variable_decade2_decade1_season_z1_z2.nc

Climashift_30yrs/Vertical_Averages/Annual/Variable_decade2_decade1_allmonths_z1z2.nc

Climashift_30yrs/Vertical_Averages/Seasonal/Variable_decade2_decade1_season_z1z2.nc

LinearTrends/Annual/Variable_period_allmonths_z1z2.nc

LinearTrends/Seasonal/ Variable_period_season_z1z2.nc

TimeSeries/Annual/Variable_period_allmonths_z1z2.dat

TimeSeries/Seasonal/ Variable_period_season_z1z2.dat

VerticalAverages/Annual_Decadal/Variable_decade_allmonths_z1z2.nc

VerticalAverages/Seasonal_Decadal/ Variable_decade_season_z1z2.nc

The Variable naming is:

Tanom: Temperature anomaly

Sanom: Salinity anomaly

Tanomvavg: Vertically averaged temperature anomaly

Sanomvavg: Vertically averaged salinity anomaly

OHCad: areal density Ocean Heat Content anomaly

OSCad: areal density Ocean Salt Content anomaly

Tanomclimashift: Temperature anomaly difference between decade2 and decade1

Sanomclimashift: Temperature anomaly difference between decade2 and decade1 at

Tclimashift: Vertically averaged temperature anomaly difference between decade2 and decade1

Sclimashift: Vertically averaged salinity anomaly difference between decade2 and decade1

OHCclimashift: Ocean Heat Content anomaly difference between decade2 and decade1

OSCclimashift: Ocean Salt Content anomaly difference between decade2 and decade1

Tlineartrend: Vertically averaged temperature anomaly linear trend

Slineartrend: Vertically averaged salinity anomaly linear trend

OHClineartrends: Ocean Heat Content anomaly linear trend

OSClineartrends: Ocean Salt Content anomaly linear trend

Other naming:

allmonths: 0112 (all months from January to December)

seasons: 0103 for winter, 0406 for spring, 0709for summer, 1012 for autumn

decade1: stands for 19501979

decade2: stands for 19802015

period: stands for 19502015

z1z2: vertical layer between z1 and z2 depths

z1, z2: standard depth levels

Examples:

OHC_19502015_0103_0150.dat, is the winter Ocean Heat Content anomaly for the period 1950 to 2015, at 0-150 m

Tanomvavg_20062015_1012_6004000.nc, is the autumn vertically averaged temperature anomaly, for the decade 2006-2015, at 600 – 4000 m

Sanomclimashift_19802015_19501979_0112_5_4000.nc, is the annual salinity anomaly difference between 1980-2015 and 1950-1970 from 5 to 4000 m.

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