Data Sets

The following files correspond to Sea surface temperature and Ocean Plankton (recorded as CHL-a pigment intensity) arranged as two separate CSV files (which is the most generic format). They are also available here as an XLS file for those who have microsoft office.

The data covers 7 regions

1: North Atlantic Gulf Stream

2: Arctic sea (north of Iceland)

3: South Atlantic Gyre

4: Antarctic sea (Atlantic sector)

5: North Pacific Gyre

6: Eastern Equatorial Pacific

7: South Pacific Gyre

Source:  HadiSST data (monthly 1900 onwards), and Ocean Colour Climate Change Initiative (OCCI, monthly 1998 onwards). Note for regions 2 and 4 the winter time series data for Plankton is omitted due to polar winter (and no sunlight)."