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    • Multi-Mission Optimally Interpolated Sea Surface Salinity Global Dataset V1

    Metadata Updated: December 6, 2023

    This is a level 4 product on a 0.25-degree spatial and 4-day temporal grid. The product is derived from the level 2 swath data of three satellite missions: the Aquarius/SAC-D, Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) and Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) using Optimal Interpolation (OI) with a 7-day decorrelation time scale. The product offers a continuous record from August 28, 2011 to present by concatenating the measurements from Aquarius (September 2011 - June 2015) and SMAP (April 2015 present). ESAs SMOS data was used to fill the gap in SMAP data between June and July 2019, when the SMAP satellite was in a safe mode. The two-month overlap (April - June 2015) between Aquarius and SMAP was used to ensure consistency and continuity in data record. The product covers the global ocean, including the Arctic and Antarctic in the areas free of sea ice, but does not cover internal seas such as Mediterranean and Baltic Sea. In-situ salinity from Argo floats and moored buoys are used to derive a large-scale bias correction and to ensure consistency and accuracy of the OISSS dataset. This dataset is produced by the International Pacific Research Center (IPRC) of the University of Hawaii at Manoa in collaboration with the Remote Sensing Systems (RSS), Santa Rosa, California. More details can be found in the users guide.

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    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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    https://doi.org/doi:10.1002/2015JC011343

    Dates

    Metadata Created Date December 1, 2022
    Metadata Updated Date December 6, 2023

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from NASA Data.json

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date December 1, 2022
    Metadata Updated Date December 6, 2023
    Publisher NASA/JPL/PODAAC
    Maintainer
    Identifier C2095055342-POCLOUD
    Data First Published 2021-06-07
    Language en-US
    Data Last Modified 2021-06-07
    Category SMAP, geospatial
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 026:00
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    Citation Oleg Melnichenko. 2021-06-30. Multi-mission Optimally Interpoated Sea Surface Salinity Products. Version 1.0. Multi-mission L4 Optimally Interpoated Sea Surface Salinity. IPRC/SOEST University of Hawaii, Manoa. Archived by National Aeronautics and Space Administration, U.S. Government, PODAAC. https://doi.org/10.5067/SMP10-4U7CS. http://apdrc.soest.hawaii.edu/datadoc/oisss.php. Oleg Melnichenko, PODAAC, 2021-06-30, Multi-Mission Optimally Interpolated Sea Surface Salinity Global Dataset V1, http://apdrc.soest.hawaii.edu/datadoc/oisss.php.
    Creator Oleg Melnichenko
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    Metadata Type geospatial
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    Related Documents https://doi.org/doi:10.1002/2015JC011343
    Release Place IPRC/SOEST University of Hawaii, Manoa
    Series Name Multi-mission Optimally Interpoated Sea Surface Salinity Products
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    Temporal 2011-08-24T12:00:00Z/2023-03-01T00:00:00Z

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