TSG-QC is a tool for interactive analysis and validation of sea surface temperature and salinity data acquired from a Thermosalinograph (TSG) installed on research or commercial ships. It has been developed under Matlab. It allows: • Visualization of TSG variables: Temperature, salinity and ship speed • Interactive comparison with climatological values (WOA and ISAS) • Automatic quality control using selected threshold criteria • Data validation and adjustment with external measurements (water samples, collocated Argo data, CTD, ...) • Quantitative estimation of sensor drift. The software can deal with different input data formats: ASCII, Labview, Seabird, GOSUD NetCDF... The use of TSG-QC from sources requires a valid Matlab license. A compiled version is available free of charge for users who do not have a Matlab license.

The binned Sea Surface Salinity, Temperature and Density data set covers regularly sampled ship-of-opportunity lines. It is based on data collected from 1993 to 2018 from Voluntary Observing Ships subsequently validated. This monthly product is binned with monthly total values deviations and then deviations from climatology in each bin, with additional 1-2-1 time filter applied on the averages. Along B-AX01, some gaps were filled with additional data located one degree north or south of the grid boxes.

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.