Climatic Research Unit : Data : Pressure & Circulation Indices

Trans Polar Index (TPI)

The TPI is defined as the normalized pressure difference between Hobart and Stanley. The index was first suggested by Pittock (1980,1984) and has been updated and analysed further by Jones et al. (1999).

Jones P.D., Salinger M.J. and Mullan A.B., 1999: Extratropical circulation indices in the Southern Hemisphere based on station data. International Journal of Climatology 19, 1301-1317
Pittock A.B., 1980: Patterns of climatic variation in Argentina and Chile, I: Precipitation, 1931-60, Monthly Weather Review, 108, 1347-1361
Pittock A.B., 1984: On the reality, stability and usefulness of Southern Hemisphere teleconnections, Australian Meteorological Magazine, 32, 75-82
Turney C.SM., Jones R.T., Lister D., Jones P., Williams A.N., Hogg A., Thomas Z.A., Compo G.P., Xungang Y., Fogwill C.J., Palmer, J., Colwell S., Allan R., Visbeck M., 2015: Anomalous mid-twentieth century atmospheric circulation change over the South Atlantic compared to the last 6000 years, Environmental Research Letters 11, 064009 (doi:10.1088/1748-9326/11/6/064009).

File format (TPI)

for year = 1895 to endyear format(i5,12f7.2,f8.2) year, 12 * monthly value, annual value
Missing values represented by -9.99

File format (TPI)
for year = 1895 to endyear format(i5,12f7.2,f8.2) year, 12 * monthly value, annual value
Missing values represented by -9.99

File format (Station pressure)

format(i3,i5,i5,a) ?, ?, endyear, sitename for year = 1895 to endyear format(i4,1x,12i6) year, 12 * monthly value

Missing values represented by -10
Divide by 10 for millibars

File format (Station pressure)
format(i3,i5,i5,a) ?, ?, endyear, sitename for year = 1895 to endyear format(i4,1x,12i6) year, 12 * monthly value
Missing values represented by -10 Divide by 10 for millibars

Filename Size Description

tpi.dat 12 kilobytes TPI

tpi_hob.dat 16 kilobytes Pressure data for Hobart, Australia

tpi_stan.dat 16 kilobytes Pressure data for Stanley, Falklands

tpi_cappem.dat 12 kilobytes Pressure data for Cape Pembroke/Stanley/Mt Pleasant, Falklands
Turney et al. (2015) submitted

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Filename	Size	Description
tpi.dat	12 kilobytes	TPI
tpi_hob.dat	16 kilobytes	Pressure data for Hobart, Australia
tpi_stan.dat	16 kilobytes	Pressure data for Stanley, Falklands
tpi_cappem.dat	12 kilobytes	Pressure data for Cape Pembroke/Stanley/Mt Pleasant, Falklands Turney et al. (2015) submitted
You can download these files from here (right-click then select "Save Target As" or "Save Link As")

Last updated: November 2015, Phil Jones

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