Dataset: ESA Sea Surface Salinity Climate Change Initiative (Sea_Surface_Salinity_cci): Monthly sea surface salinity product, v2.31, for 2010 to 2019#
Dataset identifier: esacci.SEASURFACESALINITY.15-days.L4.SSS.multi-sensor.multi-platform.MERGED_OI_Monthly_CENTRED_15Day_25km.2-31.r1
Data store: cciodp
How to open this dataset in AVL JupyterLab
cciodp_store = new_data_store('cciodp')
ds = cciodp_store.open_data('esacci.SEASURFACESALINITY.15-days.L4.SSS.multi-sensor.multi-platform.MERGED_OI_Monthly_CENTRED_15Day_25km.2-31.r1')
Bounding box map#
cciodp_store = new_data_store('cciodp')
ds = cciodp_store.open_data('esacci.SEASURFACESALINITY.15-days.L4.SSS.multi-sensor.multi-platform.MERGED_OI_Monthly_CENTRED_15Day_25km.2-31.r1')
Map tiles and data from OpenStreetMap, under the ODbL.
Basic information#
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Bounding box longitude (°) | -180.0 to 180.0 |
| Bounding box latitude (°) | -90.0 to 90.0 |
| Time range | 2010-01-01 to 2019-12-31 |
| Time period | 15D |
Click here for full dataset metadata.
Variable list#
Click on a variable name to jump to the variable’s full metadata.
| Variable | Long name | Units |
|---|---|---|
| noutliers | Count of the Number of Outliers within this bin cell | [none] |
| total_nobs | Number of SSS in the time interval | [none] |
| sss_bias | Bias in Sea Surface Salinity | [none] |
| sss_random_error | Sea Surface Salinity Random Error | [none] |
| sss_bias_std | Standard Deviation of the Bias in Sea Surface Salinity | [none] |
| pct_var | Percentage of Explained Sea Surface Salinity Variance by the Sea Surface Salinity Standard Error | % |
| sss_qc | Sea Surface Salinity Quality, 0=Good; 1=Bad | [none] |
| isc_qc | Ice Sea Contamination Quality Check, 0=Good; 1=Bad | [none] |
| sss | Unbiased merged Sea Surface Salinity | [none] |
| lsc_qc | Land Sea Contamination Quality Check, 0=Good; 1=Bad | [none] |
Full variable metadata#
noutliers#
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| long_name | Count of the Number of Outliers within this bin cell |
| valid_max | 10000 |
| valid_min | 0 |
| orig_data_type | int16 |
| fill_value | -1 |
| size | 101324000 |
| shape | 125, 584, 1388 |
| chunk_sizes | 1, 584, 1388 |
| file_chunk_sizes | 1, 584, 1388 |
| data_type | int16 |
| dimensions | time, lat, lon |
| file_dimensions | time, lat, lon |
total_nobs#
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| long_name | Number of SSS in the time interval |
| valid_max | 10000 |
| valid_min | 0 |
| orig_data_type | int16 |
| fill_value | -1 |
| size | 101324000 |
| shape | 125, 584, 1388 |
| chunk_sizes | 1, 584, 1388 |
| file_chunk_sizes | 1, 584, 1388 |
| data_type | int16 |
| dimensions | time, lat, lon |
| file_dimensions | time, lat, lon |
sss_bias#
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| long_name | Bias in Sea Surface Salinity |
| valid_max | 100.0 |
| valid_min | -100.0 |
| orig_data_type | float32 |
| fill_value | None |
| size | 101324000 |
| shape | 125, 584, 1388 |
| chunk_sizes | 1, 584, 1388 |
| file_chunk_sizes | 1, 584, 1388 |
| data_type | float32 |
| dimensions | time, lat, lon |
| file_dimensions | time, lat, lon |
sss_random_error#
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| valid_max | 100.0 |
| valid_min | 0.0 |
| long_name | Sea Surface Salinity Random Error |
| orig_data_type | float32 |
| fill_value | None |
| size | 101324000 |
| shape | 125, 584, 1388 |
| chunk_sizes | 1, 584, 1388 |
| file_chunk_sizes | 1, 584, 1388 |
| data_type | float32 |
| dimensions | time, lat, lon |
| file_dimensions | time, lat, lon |
sss_bias_std#
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| long_name | Standard Deviation of the Bias in Sea Surface Salinity |
| valid_max | 100.0 |
| valid_min | 0.0 |
| orig_data_type | float32 |
| fill_value | None |
| size | 101324000 |
| shape | 125, 584, 1388 |
| chunk_sizes | 1, 584, 1388 |
| file_chunk_sizes | 1, 584, 1388 |
| data_type | float32 |
| dimensions | time, lat, lon |
| file_dimensions | time, lat, lon |
pct_var#
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| long_name | Percentage of Explained Sea Surface Salinity Variance by the Sea Surface Salinity Standard Error |
| valid_max | 100.0 |
| valid_min | 0.0 |
| units | % |
| orig_data_type | float32 |
| fill_value | None |
| size | 101324000 |
| shape | 125, 584, 1388 |
| chunk_sizes | 1, 584, 1388 |
| file_chunk_sizes | 1, 584, 1388 |
| data_type | float32 |
| dimensions | time, lat, lon |
| file_dimensions | time, lat, lon |
sss_qc#
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| _Unsigned | false |
| long_name | Sea Surface Salinity Quality, 0=Good; 1=Bad |
| valid_max | 1 |
| valid_min | 0 |
| orig_data_type | uint8 |
| fill_value | 65535 |
| size | 101324000 |
| shape | 125, 584, 1388 |
| chunk_sizes | 1, 584, 1388 |
| file_chunk_sizes | 1, 584, 1388 |
| data_type | uint16 |
| dimensions | time, lat, lon |
| file_dimensions | time, lat, lon |
isc_qc#
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| _Unsigned | false |
| long_name | Ice Sea Contamination Quality Check, 0=Good; 1=Bad |
| valid_max | 1 |
| valid_min | 0 |
| orig_data_type | uint8 |
| fill_value | 65535 |
| size | 101324000 |
| shape | 125, 584, 1388 |
| chunk_sizes | 1, 584, 1388 |
| file_chunk_sizes | 1, 584, 1388 |
| data_type | uint16 |
| dimensions | time, lat, lon |
| file_dimensions | time, lat, lon |
sss#
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| long_name | Unbiased merged Sea Surface Salinity |
| standard_name | sea_surface_salinity |
| valid_max | 50.0 |
| valid_min | 0.0 |
| orig_data_type | float32 |
| fill_value | None |
| size | 101324000 |
| shape | 125, 584, 1388 |
| chunk_sizes | 1, 584, 1388 |
| file_chunk_sizes | 1, 584, 1388 |
| data_type | float32 |
| dimensions | time, lat, lon |
| file_dimensions | time, lat, lon |
lsc_qc#
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| _Unsigned | false |
| long_name | Land Sea Contamination Quality Check, 0=Good; 1=Bad |
| valid_min | 0 |
| valid_max | 1 |
| orig_data_type | uint8 |
| fill_value | 65535 |
| size | 101324000 |
| shape | 125, 584, 1388 |
| chunk_sizes | 1, 584, 1388 |
| file_chunk_sizes | 1, 584, 1388 |
| data_type | uint16 |
| dimensions | time, lat, lon |
| file_dimensions | time, lat, lon |
Full dataset metadata#
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| project | Climate Change Initiative - European Space Agency |
| title | ESA Sea Surface Salinity Climate Change Initiative (Sea_Surface_Salinity_cci): Monthly sea surface salinity product, v2.31, for 2010 to 2019 |
| source | SMOS CATDS-PDC L3OS 2P - DOI:10.12770/77edd308-4296-4774-b6f3-5b38301cee18, SMAP L2 RSS v4.0 - DOI:10.5067/SMP40-2SOCS, Aquarius L3 v5.0 - DOI:10.5067/AQR50-3SQCS |
| references | http://cci.esa.int/salinity - DOI:10.5285/4ce685bff631459fb2a30faa699f3fc5 |
| history | |
| product_version | 2-31 |
| comment | It is a version issued for evaluation purposes by voluntary scientists and for framing CCI+SSS products. In case you discover some flaws, we (Mngt_CCI-Salinity@argans.co.uk) are very keen to get your feedback |
| ecv | SEASURFACESALINITY |
| processing_level | L4 |
| product_string | MERGED_OI_Monthly_CENTRED_15Day_25km |
| data_type | SSS |
| abstract | The ESA Sea Surface Salinity CCI consortium has produced global, level 4, multi-sensor Sea Surface Salinity maps covering the 2010-2019 period. This dataset provides Sea Surface Salinity (SSS) data at a spatial resolution of 25 km and a time resolution of 1 month. This has been spatially sampled on a 25 km EASE (Equal Area Scalable Earth) grid and 15 days of time sampling. A weekly product is also available. In addition to salinity, information on errors are provided (see more in the user guide and product documentation available below and on the Sea Surface Salinity CCI web page). An overview paper about CCI SSS is now published: Boutin, J., N. Reul, J. Koehler, A. Martin, R. Catany, S. Guimbard, F. Rouffi, et al. (2021), Satellite-Based Sea Surface Salinity Designed for Ocean and Climate Studies, Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 126(11), e2021JC017676, doi:https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JC017676. An updated version of CCI SSS (version 3.21) is now available on: https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/5920a2c77e3c45339477acd31ce62c3c ; version 3 SSS and associated uncertainties are more precise and cover a longer period (Jan 2010-sept 2020); version 3 SSS are provided closer to land than version 2 SSS, with a possible degraded quality. Users might remove these additional near land data by using the lsc_qc flag. |
| publication_date | 2020-09-07T13:36:21 |
| uuid | 7813eb75a131474a8d908f69c716b031 |
| catalog_url | https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/7813eb75a131474a8d908f69c716b031 |
| sensor_id | multi-sensor |
| platform_id | multi-platform |
| cci_project | SEASURFACESALINITY |