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Gaillard F, Diverres D, Jacquin S, et al. Sea surface temperature and salinity from French research vessels, 2001-2013. Sci Data. 2015;2:150054doi: 10.1038/sdata.2015.54.
Gaillard, F., Diverres, D., Jacquin, S., Gouriou, Y., Grelet, J., Le Menn, M., Tassel, J., & Reverdin, G. (2015). Sea surface temperature and salinity from French research vessels, 2001-2013. Scientific data, 2150054. https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2015.54
Gaillard, Fabienne, et al. "Sea surface temperature and salinity from French research vessels, 2001-2013." Scientific data vol. 2 (2015): 150054. doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2015.54
Gaillard F, Diverres D, Jacquin S, Gouriou Y, Grelet J, Le Menn M, Tassel J, Reverdin G. Sea surface temperature and salinity from French research vessels, 2001-2013. Sci Data. 2015 Oct 13;2:150054. doi: 10.1038/sdata.2015.54. eCollection 2015. PMID: 26504523; PMCID: PMC4603393.
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Sci Data. 2015 Oct 13;2:150054. doi: 10.1038/sdata.2015.54. eCollection 2015.

Sea surface temperature and salinity from French research vessels, 2001-2013.

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Fabienne Gaillard, Denis Diverres, Stéphane Jacquin, Yves Gouriou, Jacques Grelet, Marc Le Menn, Joelle Tassel, Gilles Reverdin

Affiliations

  1. Ifremer, UMR 6523, LPO, CNRS/Ifremer/IRD/UBO , CS 10070, Plouzane F-29280, France.
  2. US-Imago, Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement (IRD) , BP 70, Plouzane 29280, France.
  3. Service Hydrographique et Oceanographique de la Marine (SHOM) , CS 92803, Brest Cedex 2 29228, France.
  4. LOCEAN, Sorbone Universites, UPMC/CNRS/IRD/MNHN , 75005 Paris, France.

PMID: 26504523 PMCID: PMC4603393 DOI: 10.1038/sdata.2015.54

Abstract

French Research vessels have been collecting thermo-salinometer (TSG) data since 1999 to contribute to the Global Ocean Surface Underway Data (GOSUD) programme. The instruments are regularly calibrated and continuously monitored. Water samples are taken on a daily basis by the crew and later analysed in the laboratory. We present here the delayed mode processing of the 2001-2013 dataset and an overview of the resulting quality. Salinity measurement error was a few hundredths of a unit or less on the practical salinity scale (PSS), due to careful calibration and instrument maintenance, complemented with a rigorous adjustment on water samples. In a global comparison, these data show excellent agreement with an ARGO-based salinity gridded product. The Sea Surface Salinity and Temperature from French REsearch SHips (SSST-FRESH) dataset is very valuable for the 'calibration and validation' of the new satellite observations delivered by the Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) and Aquarius missions.

References

  1. Science. 2012 Apr 27;336(6080):455-8 - PubMed

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