Dataset: ESA Sea Surface Salinity Climate Change Initiative (Sea_Surface_Salinity_cci): Weekly sea surface salinity product, v2.31, for 2010 to 2019#

Dataset identifier: esacci.SEASURFACESALINITY.day.L4.SSS.multi-sensor.multi-platform.MERGED_OI_7DAY_RUNNINGMEAN_DAILY_25km.2-31.r1
Data store: cciodp

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cciodp_store = new_data_store('cciodp')
ds = cciodp_store.open_data('esacci.SEASURFACESALINITY.day.L4.SSS.multi-sensor.multi-platform.MERGED_OI_7DAY_RUNNINGMEAN_DAILY_25km.2-31.r1')

Bounding box map#

Bounding box map
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 1D

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Variable list#

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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 2755202208
shape 3399, 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 2755202208
shape 3399, 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 2755202208
shape 3399, 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 2755202208
shape 3399, 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 2755202208
shape 3399, 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 2755202208
shape 3399, 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 2755202208
shape 3399, 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 2755202208
shape 3399, 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 2755202208
shape 3399, 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 2755202208
shape 3399, 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): Weekly 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
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
history
ecv SEASURFACESALINITY
processing_level L4
product_string MERGED_OI_7DAY_RUNNINGMEAN_DAILY_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 contains Sea Surface Salinity (SSS) v2.31 data at a spatial resolution of 50 km and a time resolution of 1 week. It has been spatially sampled on a 25 km EASE (Equal Area Scalable Earth) grid and 1 day of time sampling. A monthly 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 2020-09-07T13:37:23
uuid eacb7580e1b54afeaabb0fd2b0a53828
catalog_url https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/eacb7580e1b54afeaabb0fd2b0a53828
sensor_id multi-sensor
platform_id multi-platform
cci_project SEASURFACESALINITY