Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity, L3 SMI, Version 5, 1.0°, Global, 2011-2015, 3-Month

Description

This dataset has 3-month composites of Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity data, version 5. Part of NASA's Earth System Science Pathfinder (ESSP) Mission International Partnership between NASA & CONAE, Aquarius provides unprecedented global maps of surface sea water salinity (SSS) to discover how our oceans respond to climate change and the water cycle. Sea surface salinity, along with sea surface temperature, determines the sea surface density. This controls the formation of water masses in the ocean and regulates the 3-dimensional ocean circulation. Aquarius documentation is at ftp://podaac-ftp.jpl.nasa.gov/allData/aquarius/docs

Resources

Name Format Description Link
0 ERDDAP's Make-A-Graph .html web page for this dataset. Create an image with a map or graph of a subset of the data. https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/griddap/jplAquariusSSS3MonthV5.graph
0 Background information from the source https://aquarius.nasa.gov/
0 Background information from the source https://aquarius.nasa.gov/
0 Background information from the source https://aquarius.nasa.gov/
0 ERDDAP's griddap service (a flavor of OPeNDAP) for gridded data. Add different extensions (e.g., .html, .graph, .das, .dds) to the base URL for different purposes. https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/griddap/jplAquariusSSS3MonthV5
0 Background information from the source https://aquarius.nasa.gov/
0 Background information from the source https://aquarius.nasa.gov/
0 An OPeNDAP service for gridded data. Add different extensions (e.g., .html, .das, .dds) to the base URL for different purposes. https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/griddap/jplAquariusSSS3MonthV5
52 Open Geospatial Consortium Web Map Service (WMS) https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/wms/jplAquariusSSS3MonthV5/request?service=WMS&version=1.3.0&request=GetCapabilities
21 ERDDAP's version of the OPeNDAP .html web page for this dataset. Specify a subset of the dataset and download the data via OPeNDAP or in many different file types. https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/griddap/jplAquariusSSS3MonthV5.html

Tags

  • salinity
  • data
  • latitude
  • sea_water_practical_salinity
  • l3
  • obpg
  • space
  • longitude
  • aquarius sac-d
  • aquarius radiometer
  • oceans
  • earth
  • group
  • jet propulsion laboratory
  • surface salinity
  • seawater
  • sss
  • goddard
  • nasa
  • biology
  • density
  • level-3
  • earth science
  • mapped
  • smi
  • ocean
  • flight
  • color
  • processing
  • aquarius
  • sea
  • image
  • center
  • water
  • practical
  • salinity/density
  • time
  • 3month
  • aquarius scatterometer
  • https://aquarius.nasa.gov/
  • science
  • standard
  • level
  • gsfc
  • ocean biology processing group (nasa/gsfc/obpg)

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