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Satellite Derived Ocean Heat Content

Ocean Heat

Satellite Derived Ocean Heat Content

The Satellite Ocean Heat Content (OHC) Suite system generates two types of OHC files in both ASCII and NetCDF formats on a 0.25-degree grid. The daily files include data for latitude, longitude, sea surface temperature (SST) in degrees Celsius, sea surface height anomaly (SSHA) in centimeters, mapping error, depths of the 20°C (D20) and 26°C (D26) isotherms, ocean mixed layer depth (MLD) in meters, and satellite-derived ocean heat content (OHC) in kJ/cm2.