OS31B:
Ocean Salinity and Its Role in Ocean Dynamics and the Water Cycle II Posters

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Session ID#: 26267

Session Description:
This session highlights research investigating ocean salinity as a key parameter that links various elements of the water cycle to ocean circulation dynamics and climate. Contributions are invited on all aspects of ocean salinity investigations including analyses undertaken from in situ and satellite observations, numerical models, and data assimilation. We particularly welcome contributions that have utilised sea surface salinity (SSS) measurements from the recent pathfinder satellite missions (SMOS, Aquarius/SAC-D, and SMAP), as well as observations collected during the SPURS experiment and other field campaigns. The session will focus on: recent progress from salinity remote sensing; new process-based insights from field observations; salinity-driven thermohaline circulation, upper-ocean stratification, and related ocean dynamics; links between salinity and global and regional climate variability; the water cycle as well as the fingerprint of long-term change; salinity assimilation into ocean models; and the scientific imperative for future salinity measurement continuity and enhancement.
Primary Convener:  Paul James Durack, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Program for Climate Model Diagnosis and Intercomparison, Livermore, CA, United States
Conveners:  Kyla Drushka, Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States, Gary S E Lagerloef, Earth and Space Research, Seattle, WA, United States and Tong Lee, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States
Chairs:  Kyla Drushka, Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States and Paul James Durack, CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere, Hobart, Australia
OSPA Liaison:  Kyla Drushka, Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States

Cross-Listed:
  • A - Atmospheric Sciences
  • C - Cryosphere
  • GC - Global Environmental Change
Index Terms:

1616 Climate variability [GLOBAL CHANGE]
1655 Water cycles [GLOBAL CHANGE]
4215 Climate and interannual variability [OCEANOGRAPHY: GENERAL]
4255 Numerical modeling [OCEANOGRAPHY: GENERAL]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Tools, Services & Support of NASA Salinity Mission Data Archival Distribution through PO.DAAC (208703)
Vardis M Tsontos, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States and Jorge Vazquez, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States
Seasonal to Interannual Surface Ocean Salinity Trends With Aquarius Data (294040)
Gary S E Lagerloef, Hsun-Ying Kao and David Carey, Earth and Space Research, Seattle, WA, United States
Linking water and carbon cycles through salinity observed from space (290338)
Xiaosu Xie, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States and W. Timothy Liu, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States
North Atlantic near-surface salinity contrasts and intra-basin water vapor transfer (208994)
James R Reagan1, Dan Seidov2 and Tim Boyer2, (1)Cooperative Institute for Climate and Satellites - University of Maryland, College Park, MD, United States, (2)NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI-MD, Silver Spring, MD, United States
Vertical Redistribution of Ocean Salt Content (284475)
Xinfeng Liang, PhD, University of South Florida Tampa, College of Marine Science, Tampa, FL, United States, Chao Liu, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, United States, Rui M Ponte, Verisk Atmospheric and Environmental Research, Lexington, United States and Christopher G Piecuch, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Physical Oceanography, Woods Hole, United States
In Situ Global Sea Surface Salinity and Variability from the NCEI Global Thermosalinograph Database (287383)
Zhankun Wang, Mississippi State University, Northern Gulf Institute, Mississippi State, MS, United States, Tim Boyer, NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI-MD, Silver Spring, MD, United States and Huai-Min Zhang, NOAA Asheville, Asheville, NC, United States
Potential role of salinity in ENSO and MJO predictions (243184)
Jieshun Zhu, University of Maryland College Park, College Park, MD, United States, Arun Kumar, NOAA/NCEP, College Park, MD, United States, Raghuram G Murtugudde, Univ of MD--ESSIC, College Park, United States and Pingping Xie, NOAA/NCEP, College Park, United States
Eddy-induced salinity pattern in the North Pacific (268067)
Hiroto Abe1, Naoto Ebuchi2, Hiromichi Ueno1, Hiromu Ishiyama3 and Yoshimasa Matsumura4, (1)Hokkaido University, Faculty of Fisheries Sciences, Hokkaido University, Hakodate, Japan, (2)Hokkaido University, Institute of Low Temperature Science, Sapporo, Japan, (3)Hokkaido University, Faculty of Environmental Earth Science, Sapporo, Japan, (4)National Institute for Environmental Studies, Tsukuba, Japan
Multi-scale Salinity Fronts Observed by Saildrones During the SPURS-2 Field Campaign (245048)
Meghan F Cronin1, Dongxiao Zhang2, Adrienne J Sutton1, Christian Meinig3, Richard Jenkins4 and Jennifer Keene5, (1)NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, Seattle, WA, United States, (2)CICOES/University of Washington and NOAA/PMEL, Seattle, United States, (3)NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, Seattle, United States, (4)Saildrone Inc., Alameda, United States, (5)JISAO/University of Washington and NOAA/PMEL, Seattle, WA, United States
Salinity Trends within the Upper Layers of the Subpolar North Atlantic (257710)
Jan-Erik Tesdal, Columbia University of New York, Palisades, United States, Ryan Abernathey, Columbia University of New York, Palisades, NY, United States, Joaquim I Goes, Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory at Columbia University, Palisades, United States, Prof. Arnold L Gordon, PhD, Columbia University, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, NY, United States and Thomas W N Haine, Johns Hopkins University, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Baltimore, MD, United States

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