Impact of Aquarius and SMAP Sea Surface Salinity Observations on Seasonal Predictions of the 2015 El Nino

Robin M Kovach, NASA, Global Modeling and Assimilation Office, Greenbelt, MD, United States; Science Systems and Applications, Inc., Lanham, MD, United States, Eric C Hackert, NASA/Global Modeling and Assimilation Office, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States, Joaquim Ballabrera-Poy, ICM-CSIC, Barcelona, Spain, Antonio J Busalacchi, President, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, United States, Guillaume Vernières, JCSDA/UCAR/NOAA, College PARK, MD, United States, Andrea Molod, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States and Jelena Marshak, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, GMAO, Greenbelt, MD, United States