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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Date (Publication)
2007-01-01
Identifier
http://dx.doi.org/ / 10.6096/SSS-LEGOS-GRID-ATL
Credit
SNO SSS
Status
On going On going
Author
  LEGOS, Université de Toulouse, FranceIRD, France - Elodie Kestenare
Author
  Sorbonne Université, LOCEAN, CNRS/UPMC/IRD/MNHN, Paris, FranceCNRS, France - Gilles Reverdin
Publisher
  Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées, Toulouse, France - Sedoo
Resource provider
  LEGOS
Resource provider
  Universite de Toulouse
Resource provider
  CNES
Resource provider
  CNRS
Resource provider
  IRD
Resource provider
  UPS
Resource provider
  UAR IMAGO
Resource provider
  Sorbonne Universites
Resource provider
  LOCEAN
Resource provider
  UPMC
Resource provider
  MNHN
Resource provider
  CNAP
Maintenance and update frequency
Annually Annually
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
  • Oceanographic geographical features
Centre de données ODATIS
  • CDS-OMP
ODATIS aggregation parameters and Essential Variable names
  • Salinity
  • Sea temperature
Type de jeux de donnée ODATIS
  • /Observational data/in-situ
Services Nationaux d'Observation
  • SNO-SSS
GCMD Keywords, version 8.1
  • SALINITY
  • DENSITY
  • SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
GCMD Keywords, version 8.1
  • OCEAN
  • VERTICAL LOCATION > SEA SURFACE
GCMD Keywords, version 8.1
  • SHIPS
Use limitation
SSS data policy, https://sss.sedoo.fr/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 (contact SSS) 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 (https://www.legos.omp.eu/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
EnglishEnglish
Topic category
  • Oceans
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Begin date
1970-01-01
End date
2016-12-31
Reference system identifier
WGS84 / EPSG:4326

Distribution format
  • ASCII ()

  • NetCDF ( 3 )

Description
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SNO SSS / Data Delivery / Delayed Mode Data ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link )

SNO SSS / Data Delivery / Delayed Mode Data

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SNO SSS / Data Delivery / Research Products ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link )

SNO SSS / Data Delivery / Research Products

OnLine resource
WMS link ( OGC:WMS )
OnLine resource
http://dx.doi.org/10.6096/SSS-LEGOS-GRID-ATL ( DOI )
Hierarchy level
Dataset Dataset

Conformance result

Date (Publication)
2007-01-01
Explanation
NA
Pass
Yes
Statement
Data produced by the SNO SSS.
File identifier
5dd6f165-d3cb-eb1c-4a38-ef778035a6d9 XML
Metadata language
EnglishEnglish
Character set
UTF-8 UTF8
Date stamp
2025-06-14T12:00:00.440+02:00
 
 

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Keywords

Centre de données ODATIS
CDS-OMP
GCMD Keywords, version 8.1
DENSITY OCEAN SALINITY SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE SHIPS VERTICAL LOCATION > SEA SURFACE
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
Oceanographic geographical features
ODATIS aggregation parameters and Essential Variable names
Salinity Sea temperature
Services Nationaux d'Observation
SNO-SSS
Type de jeux de donnée ODATIS
/Observational data/in-situ

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