What can we learn on rainfall from SMOS Sea Surface Salinity?

Alexandre Supply1, Jacqueline Boutin2, Jean-Luc Vergely3, Audrey Emilie Alice Hasson4, Cecile Mallet5, Gilles P Reverdin6 and Nicolas Viltard5, (1)Sorbonne Université, LOCEAN, Paris Cedex 05, France, (2)LOCEAN, Paris Cedex 05, France, (3)ACRI-st, Guyancourt, France, (4)LOCEAN ESA/CNRS, Paris Cedex 05, France, (5)LATMOS Laboratoire Atmosphères, Milieux, Observations Spatiales, Paris Cedex 05, France, (6)Sorbonne-Universités, LOCEAN, CNRS/IRD/UPMC/MNHN, Paris, France