A gridded sea surface salinity data set for the Pacific Ocean

Sea Surface Salinity Sea Surface Temperature

The gridded Sea Surface Salinity (SSS) data set covers the region between 120°E – 70°W and 30°N – 30°S in the Pacific Ocean. It is based on available data collected from 1950 to 2009 mostly from Voluntary Observing Ships, TAO/TRITON moorings and Argo profilers, with complementary hydrocasts, STD, and CTD data collected during research cruises, and subsequently validated. This monthly SSS product is gridded using an objective mapping at the spatial resolution 1° x 1°. It is distributed with its associated error fields. It is an update of the SSS product presented in Delcroix et al (2011).

Data and resources

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SNO SSS / Data Delivery / Delayed Mode Data

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SNO SSS / Data Delivery / Research Products

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Additional information

Temporal extent	1950-01-01 – 2009-12-31
Date (publication)	2011-01-01
Status	onGoing
Update frequency	annually
Metadata language	en
License	SSS data policy, https://sss.sedoo.fr/data-policy/
Source metadata	ISO 19115 XML
Last updated	2026-11-04
Created	2026-11-04
API	package_show