The French contribution to the Voluntary Observing Ships network of Sea Surface Salinity
Gael Alory1, Thierry C Delcroix2, Philippe Téchiné1, Denis Diverrès3, David Varillon4, Sophie E Cravatte5, Yves Gouriou3, Jacques Grelet3, Stéphane Jacquin3, Elodie Kestenare6, Rosemary Morrow7, Julien Perrier4 and Gilles P Reverdin8, (1)Observatory Midi-Pyrenees, LEGOS, Toulouse, France, (2)IRD Institute for Research and Development, Marseille Cedex 02, France, (3)IRD, Brest, France, (4)IRD, Nouméa, New Caledonia, (5)LEGOS, Université de Toulouse, (IRD, CNES, CNRS, UT), Nouméa, New Caledonia, (6)Laboratoire d’Etudes Géophysiques et d’Océanographie Spatiale, LEGOS – UMR 5566 CNES-CNRS-IRD-UPS, Toulouse, France, (7)CNES French National Center for Space Studies, Toulouse Cedex 09, France, (8)LOCEAN - Sorbonne Universités - UPMC/CNRS/IRD/MNHN, Paris, France
