Climatic Research Unit : Data : Pressure & Circulation Indices

Madras MSLP

Monthly mean sea level pressures for Madras (Chennai) for 1796-2003. Full details of the derivation of the series can be found in Allan et al. (2002).

Allan, R.J., Reason, C.J.C., Carroll, P. and Jones, P.D., 2002: A reconstruction of Madras (Chennai) mean sea level pressure using instrumental records from the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Int. J. Climatol. 22, 1119-1142.

File format

format(i3,i5,i5,a) 0,startyear,endyear,description for year = 1796 to 2003 format(i5,12i6) year,monthly data (10^-4 bar)

Missing data represented by -10
Divide values by 10 to obtain millibars

File format
format(i3,i5,i5,a) 0,startyear,endyear,description for year = 1796 to 2003 format(i5,12i6) year,monthly data (10^-4 bar)
Missing data represented by -10 Divide values by 10 to obtain millibars

Please note: this dataset previously contained incorrect values. If you downloaded it before 30th May 2001, you will need to refetch it.

Filename Size Description
madrasmslp.dat 16 kilobytes Madras monthly mean sea level pressure
You can download this file from here (right-click then select "Save Target As" or "Save Link As")

Filename	Size	Description
madrasmslp.dat	16 kilobytes	Madras monthly mean sea level pressure
You can download this file from here (right-click then select "Save Target As" or "Save Link As")

Last updated: April 2003, Mike Salmon

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Please use the attribution Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia