New SMOS/CATDS retrieval overcomes previous issues in the Bay of Bengal: assessment of its seasonal and interannual surface salinity variability.

Akhil Valiya Parambil, National Institute of Oceanography, Panaji-Goa, India, Jérome Vialard, LOCEAN-IPSL, CNRS-IRD-MNHN-Sorbonne Université, Paris, France, Matthieu Lengaigne, MARBEC, CNRS-IRD-IFREMER-University of Montpellier, Sète, France, M. G. Keerthi, PhD Student, Marine Science Department, Goa University, Panaji, Goa, India, Jacqueline Boutin, CNRS, LOCEAN/Sorbonne Université, Paris, France, Jean-Luc Vergely, ACRI-st, Guyancourt, France and Stéphane Marchand, LOCEAN CNRS, France