Sea Surface Salinity data from Voluntary Observing Ships Network

Sea Surface Salinity (SSS) is an essential climate variable that requires long term in situ observation. The French SSS Observation Service (SSS-OS) manages a network of Voluntary Observing Ships equipped with thermosalinographs (TSG) since 2002. The network is global though more concentrated in the tropical Pacific and North Atlantic oceanic basins. The acquisition system is autonomous with real time transmission and is regularly serviced at harbor calls. The high resolution data retrieved from the acquisition system during ship calls is processed through a dedicated software (freely available) for attribution of data quality flags by visual inspection, and correction of TSG time series by comparison with climatology, onboard daily water samples and collocated Argo data. Details can be found in the reference below. The validated delayed time data collected from TSG, together with some bucket samples mostly collected before 2002, are made available for educational and research purposes through an interactive web interface.
 
Citation proposal
Thierry Delcroix (LEGOS, Université de Toulouse, FranceIRD, France) - Gael Alory (LEGOS, Université de Toulouse, FranceCNAP, France) - Philippe Techine (LEGOS, Université de Toulouse, FranceCNRS, France) - Denis Diverres (IMAGO, Brest, FranceIRD, France) - David Varillon (IMAGO, Brest, FranceCentre IRD de Nouméa, Nouvelle-Calédonie, FranceIRD, France) - Sophie Cravatte (LEGOS, Université de Toulouse, FranceIRD, France) - Yves Gouriou (IMAGO, Brest, FranceIRD, France) - Jacques Grelet (IMAGO, Brest, FranceIRD, France) - Stephane Jacquin (IMAGO, Brest, FranceIRD, France) - Elodie Kestenare (LEGOS, Université de Toulouse, FranceIRD, France) - Christophe Maes (LOPS, Brest, FranceIRD, France) - Rosemary Morrow (LEGOS, Université de Toulouse, FranceCNAP, France) - Julien Perrier (IMAGO, Brest, FranceLEGOS, Université de Toulouse, FranceIRD, France) - Gilles Reverdin (Sorbonne Université, LOCEAN, CNRS/UPMC/IRD/MNHN, Paris, FranceCNRS, France) - Fabrice Roubaud (IMAGO, Brest, FranceIRD, France) (2002) . Sea Surface Salinity data from Voluntary Observing Ships Network. Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées, Toulouse, France https://services.mspdata.eu:/geonetwork/srv/api/records/acbe0443-19c1-5fa6-e309-50e6fdf732f3

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Date ( Publication )
2002-01-01
Identifier
http://dx.doi.org/ / 10.6096/SSS-LEGOS
Credit
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 data should acknowledge the SSS-OS(1) and cite the following reference: Alory G. et al., 2015. The French contribution to the Voluntary Observing Ships network of Sea Surface Salinity. Deep Sea Res., 105, 1-18, doi:10.1016/j.DSR.2015.08.005. Copies should be sent to the contact email (sss-contact@legos.obs-mip.fr ) so that to help us pursue and improve this Service. (1) The suggested sentence is: "Sea surface salinity data derived from voluntary observing ships were collected, validated, archived, and 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
  • ASCII ()

  • NetCDF (3 )

Description
Download all data archive
Description
Download all good/probably good data archive
OnLine resource
SNO SSS / Data Delivery / Delayed Mode Data  

SNO SSS / Data Delivery / Delayed Mode Data

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SNO SSS / Data Delivery / Research Products  

SNO SSS / Data Delivery / Research Products

OnLine resource
http://dx.doi.org/10.6096/SSS-LEGOS  
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Date ( Publication )
2002-01-01
Explanation
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Statement
Data produced by the SNO SSS.

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Metadata language
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Date stamp
2021-12-01T12:00:04.966+01:00
 
 

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