DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1210100
title: Mediterranean Sea Climatic Indices

description: 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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