Southern Ocean Sea Surface Salinity Level 3 maps (V.1.0) [Dataset]

• Main Authors: González Gambau, Verónica, Olmedo, Estrella, García Espriu, Aina, González-Haro, Cristina, Turiel, Antonio
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: CSIC - Instituto de Ciencias del Mar (ICM) 2023
• Subjects: Southern Ocean Sea Surface Salinity; Sea Surface Salinity uncertainty; Southern Ocean
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10261/332809

Data acquisition: Satellite: ESA SMOS mission (Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity). Filenames: BEC_SSS___SMOS__SO__L3__B_YYYYMMDDT120000_25km__9d_REP_v100.nc YYYYMMDD: central date BEC ftp service: We serve netCDF data by means of a secure ftp server. NetCDF files from which the maps were made (and other additional data) can be downloaded from sftp address becftp.icm.csic.es at port 27500. If your browser is sftp compatible you can browse directly from sftp://becftp.icm.csic.es:27500 address. In order to download data you should be registered in our BEC ftp service. Registration is free, you can register just by filling the following form: http://bec.icm.csic.es/bec-ftp-service-registration/ If you need a dedicated ftp client (for instance FileZilla https://filezilla-project.org/) you should use the following configuration: Host: sftp://becftp.icm.csic.es Username: your username. Password: your password. Port: 27500 Dedicated regional Sea Surface Salinity (SSS) product in the Southern Ocean. Level 3 9-day maps. Data acquisition: Satellite ESA SMOS mission (Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity). Time coverage 01 February 2011 - 31 December 2022. Time resolution: 9-day. Maps frequency generation: Daily. Spatial coverage: Latitude range: 30ºS-90ºS Longitude range: 180ºW-180ºE. Spatial resolution: 25 km (EASE-SL grid). Sensor Satellite SMOS / MIRAS. Format NetCDF. Climate and Forecast (CF) conventions version: 1.6 Peer reviewed