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.