Historical Sea Surface Salinity data in the Tropical Oceans

This compilation of Sea Surface Salinity data collected in the three tropical oceans (30°N–30°S) is derived mainly from 13 trans-oceanic Voluntary Observing Ships tracks and from 35 TAO/TRITON and 13 PIRATA mooring sites. Details about validation procedures can be found in the reference publication.

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Temporal extent1950-01-11 – 2003-12-31
Date (publication)2006-01-01
StatusonGoing
Update frequencyannually
Metadata languageen
LicenseSSS data policy, https://sss.sedoo.fr/data-policy/
Source metadataISO 19115 XML
Last updated2026-11-04
Created2026-11-04
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