Research Products

Research Products

The recent and earlier research products have been derived by scientists addressing specific scientific questions in refereed publications. These products include : 1) Alongtrack datasets, and 2) 3D gridded files.

Reports or Publications using product from this web page should acknowledge the origin of the product. The suggested sentence is: « The gridded sea surface salinity data set was made freely available by the French Sea Surface Salinity Observation Service (http://www.legos.obs-mip.fr/observations/sss/) ».

Copies of published works and comments to improve our products will be appreciated.

I. Alongtrack datasets

Alongtrack data in the Southern Ocean

I.1. Ship Track in the Southern Ocean 1993-2012 (IX23). Grid Size : 6 km latitude along the Astrolabe mean ship track, 1993-2012. Details about the data origin, validation and gridding procedure can be found in Chaigneau and Morrow (J. Geophys. Res., 2002). Link to the SURVOSTRAL program.

Gridded alongtrack data in the North Atlantic Ocean

I.2. Ship Track in the North Atlantic Ocean 1895-2009. Grid Size : 3° longitude (roughly along 60° N) x 3 months (1895-2009). Details about the data origin, validation and gridding procedure can be found in Reverdin (J. Climate, 17, 4571-4584, 2010). Available on request.

Monthly binned sea surface salinity, temperature and density in the North Atlantic subpolar gyre

I.3. Ship Track in the North Atlantic Ocean 1993-2018. Grid Size : 3° longitude (roughly along 60° N) x 1 month (1993-2018). Details about the data origin, validation and gridding procedure can be found in Reverdin et al. (Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 10, 1403–1415, 2018). More details here.

II. 3D Gridded Files

3D gridded files in the Tropical Pacific Ocean, 1950-2009

II.1. The Tropical Pacific Ocean, 1950-2009. Grid Size : 1° longitude x 1° latitude x 1 month. Domain : 120°E-70°W, 30°N-30°S, Details about the data origin, validation, and gridding procedure can be found in Delcroix et al. (Deep Sea Res., 58, 38-48, 2011). More details here.

3D gridded files in the Atlantic Ocean, 1970-2016

II.2. The Atlantic Ocean, 1970-2016. Grid size : 1° longitude x 1° latitude x 1 month. Domain : 95° W-20° E, 50° N-30° S, Details about the data origin, validation and gridding procedure can be found in Reverdin et al (Progress in Oceanogr., 73, 311-340, 2007). More details here.

SSS Database in the Atlantic Ocean for the 1896-2016 period

II.3. The Atlantic Ocean, 1896-2016. Binned average yearly anomaly data in 32 sub-regional grid boxes. Domain: 75°W-10°E, 70°N-20°S. Information on the data origin, validation, gridding and properties of these time series is presented in Friedman et al. (Geophys. Res. Lett., 44, 2017, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2017GL072582). More details here.

Annually binned Sea Surface Salinity, Temperature and Density in the North Atlantic subpolar gyre (40°N-70°N)

II.4. The North Atlantic Ocean, 1896-2018. Annually binned Sea Surface Salinity, Temperature and Density in the North Atlantic subpolar gyre (40°N-70°N). Information on the data origin, validation, gridding and properties of these time series is presented in Reverdin et al. (Ocean Dynamics, doi: 10.1007/s10236-018-1240-y). More details here.

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