A gridded sea surface salinity data set for the Atlantic Ocean

The gridded Sea Surface Salinity (SSS) data set covers the region between 95°W – 20°E and 50°N – 30°S in the Atlantic Ocean. It is based on available data collected from 1970 to 2016 mostly from Voluntary Observing Ships, PIRATA moorings and Argo profilers, and subsequently validated. This monthly SSS product is gridded using an objective mapping at the spatial resolution 1° x 1°. It is distributed with its associated error fields. It is an update of the SSS product presented in Reverdin et al (2007).
 
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Elodie Kestenare (LEGOS, Université de Toulouse, FranceIRD, France) - Gilles Reverdin (Sorbonne Université, LOCEAN, CNRS/UPMC/IRD/MNHN, Paris, FranceCNRS, France) (2017) . A gridded sea surface salinity data set for the Atlantic Ocean. Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées, Toulouse, France https://services.mspdata.eu:/geonetwork/srv/api/records/5dd6f165-d3cb-eb1c-4a38-ef778035a6d9

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Date ( Publication )
2017-09-12
Identifier
http://dx.doi.org/ / 10.6096/SSS-LEGOS-GRID-ATL
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SNO SSS
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GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 ( Theme )
  • Oceanographic geographical features
Centre de données ODATIS ( Theme )
  • CDS-IS-OMP
Thèmatiques ODATIS ( Theme )
  • Value-added products
Variables ODATIS ( Theme )
  • /Physical Oceanography/Salinity , /Physical Oceanography/Temperature
Type de jeux de donnée ODATIS ( Theme )
  • /In-situ observations/Networks
GCMD Keywords, version 8.1 ( Theme )
  • SALINITY , DENSITY , SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
GCMD Keywords, version 8.1 ( Theme )
  • OCEAN , VERTICAL LOCATION > SEA SURFACE
GCMD Keywords, version 8.1 ( Theme )
  • SHIPS
Use limitation
SSS data policy, https://www7.obs-mip.fr/sss/data-policy/
Use limitation
Publications using these gridded data should acknowledge the SSS-OS (1) and cite the following reference: Reverdin G., E. Kestenare, C. Frankignoul and T. Delcroix, 2007. Surface salinity in the Atlantic Ocean (30S-50N). Progress in Oceanography, 73, 311-340, doi:10.1016/j.pocean.2006.11.004. Copies should be sent to the contact email (sss-contact@legos.obs-mip.fr ) to help us pursue and improve this product. (1) The suggested sentence is: "The gridded Sea surface salinity data was made freely available by the French Sea Surface Salinity Observation Service (http://www.legos.obs-mip.fr/observations/sss/).
Use limitation
The data are provided without any warranty for any non-profit educational and research purposes.
Other constraints
No access conditions apply
Metadata language
English
Topic category
  • Oceans
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Reference system identifier
EPSG:4326
Distribution format
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2017-09-12
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Data produced by the SNO SSS.

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