Dataset: Global Analysed Sea Surface Salinity and Density#

Dataset identifier: dataset-sss-ssd-rep-weekly
Data store: cmems

How to open this dataset in AVL JupyterLab  

cmems_store = new_data_store('cmems')
ds = cmems_store.open_data('dataset-sss-ssd-rep-weekly')

Basic information#

Parameter Value
Bounding box longitude (°) 0 to 360
Bounding box latitude (°) -90 to 90
Time range 1993-01-06 to 2021-12-29

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Variable list#

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Variable Long name Units
dos sea surface density kg/m3
dos_error sea surface density error kg/m3
sea_ice_fraction sea ice area fraction percent
sos sea surface salinity 0.001
sos_error sea surface salinity error 0.001

Full variable metadata#

dos#

Field Value
long_name sea surface density
standard_name sea_surface_density
units kg/m3

dos_error#

Field Value
long_name sea surface density error
standard_name sea_surface_density_error
units kg/m3

sea_ice_fraction#

Field Value
units percent
long_name sea ice area fraction
standard_name sea_ice_area_fraction

sos#

Field Value
long_name sea surface salinity
standard_name sea_surface_salinity
units 0.001

sos_error#

Field Value
long_name sea surface salinity error
standard_name sea_surface_salinity_error
units 0.001

Full dataset metadata#

Field Value
Conventions CF-1.7
title Global Analysed Sea Surface Salinity and Density
institution CNR
contact servicedesk.cmems@mercator-ocean.eu
netcdf_version_id 4.4.1 of Aug 10 2016 17:24:31
creation_date Fri 21 Oct 2022 12:50:39
product_version 1.0
grid_resolution 0.25 degrees
software_version SSS/SSD Processor V5.0
westernmost_longitude 0.125
easternmost_longitude 359.875
southernmost_latitude -89.875
northernmost_latitude 89.875
Scaling_Equation (scale_factor*data) + add_offset
license free registration at Copernicus Marine Service (http://marine.copernicus.eu/web/56-user-registration-form.php)
references Buongiorno Nardelli, B., R. Droghei, and R. Santoleri (2016), Multi-dimensional interpolation of SMOS sea surface salinity with surface temperature and in situ salinity data, Remote Sens. Environ., doi:10.1016/j.rse.2015.12.052.; Buongiorno Nardelli, B. (2012). A novel approach for the high resolution interpolation of in situ Sea Surface Salinity, J. Atmos. Ocean. Tech., doi:10.1175/JTECH-D-11-00099.1; Droghei, R., Buongiorno Nardelli, B., and Santoleri, R. (2016). Combining In-situ and Satellite Observations to Retrieve Salinity and Density at the Ocean Surface, J. Atmos. Ocean. Tech., doi:10.1175/JTECH-D-15-0194.1; Sammartino, M., Aronica, S., Santoleri, S., and B. Buongiorno Nardelli, (2022), Retrieving Mediterranean Sea Surface Salinity Distribution and Interannual Trends from Multi-Sensor Satellite and In Situ Data, Remote Sens., doi.org/10.3390/rs14102502
history Fri Oct 21 14:38:17 2022: ncatted -O -a references,global,a,c,; Sammartino, M., Aronica, S., Santoleri, S., and B. Buongiorno Nardelli, (2022), Retrieving Mediterranean Sea Surface Salinity Distribution and Interannual Trends from Multi-Sensor Satellite and In Situ Data, Remote Sens., doi.org/10.3390/rs14102502 /DataArchive/MOB/SSS_SSD_ARCHIVE/OUTPUT/dataset-sss-ssd-rep-weekly/v8.0_9.0_NovEiS/2021/dataset-sss-ssd-rep-weekly_20211229T1200Z_P20221101T0000Z.nc Fri Oct 21 14:38:17 2022: ncatted -O -a units,sos_error,o,c,0.001 /DataArchive/MOB/SSS_SSD_ARCHIVE/OUTPUT/dataset-sss-ssd-rep-weekly/v8.0_9.0_NovEiS/2021/dataset-sss-ssd-rep-weekly_20211229T1200Z_P20221021T0000Z_temp.nc Fri Oct 21 14:38:17 2022: ncatted -O -a units,sos,o,c,0.001 /DataArchive/MOB/SSS_SSD_ARCHIVE/OUTPUT/dataset-sss-ssd-rep-weekly/v8.0_9.0_NovEiS/2021/dataset-sss-ssd-rep-weekly_20211229T1200Z_P20221021T0000Z_temp.nc
NCO netCDF Operators version 4.7.5 (Homepage = http://nco.sf.net, Code = http://github.com/nco/nco)