The session welcomes contributions highlighting the importance of salinity in oceanographic studies and environmental applications. Potential topics include the role of salinity in enhancing our knowledge of Earth system interaction; linkages between the ocean, atmosphere, cryosphere, and land, including hydrological and biogeochemical cycles; ocean circulation; and climate variability and predictability. We invite a broad range of studies that utilize the current salinity observing system consisting of in situ and satellite platforms, as well estimates from data assimilation products and climate model projections. The joint use of salinity and other physical, biological, and chemical variables that stimulate the collaboration between different communities is appreciated. Studies highlighting the utility of salinity measurements in environmental assessments, operational oceanography and forecasts, and the development of science-informed decisions are particularly encouraged.
Primary Chair: Nadya Vinogradova Shiffer, NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC, United States
Co-chairs: Audrey Emilie Alice Hasson, LOCEAN ESA/CNRS, Paris Cedex 05, France, Severine Fournier, JPL/NASA/Caltech, Pasadena, CA, United States and Kyla Drushka, Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States
Primary Liaison: Nadya Vinogradova Shiffer, NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC, United States
Moderators: Nadya Vinogradova Shiffer, NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC, United States and Audrey Emilie Alice Hasson, Observatory Midi-Pyrenees, Toulouse, France
Student Paper Review Liaisons: Nadya Vinogradova Shiffer, NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC, United States and Kyla Drushka, University of Washington, Applied Physics Laboratory, Seattle, WA, United States
A Joint ESA-NASA Platform for Satellite Salinity Validation and Exploitation (654731)
Sebastien Guimbard, OceanScope, Brest, France, Reul Nicolas, Ifremer, La Seyne sur Mer, CDX, France, Roberto Sabia, Telespazio-Vega for European Space Agency, Frascati, Italy, Sylvain Herlédan, OceanDataLab, Locmaria Plouzané, France, Ziad El Khoury Hanna, OceanDataLab, France, Fabrice Collard, OceanDataLab, Plouzané, France, Susanne Mecklenburg, European Space Agency, Italy, Henri Laur, ESA, Frascati, Italy, Tong Lee, JPL, Pasadena, United States, Julian J Schanze, Earth and Space Research, Seattle, WA, United States and Nadya Vinogradova Shiffer, NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC, United States
An Assessment Of The SMOS Sea Surface Salinity Variability In The Arctic Ocean. (645646)
Alexandre Supply, Sorbonne Université, LOCEAN, Paris Cedex 05, France, Jacqueline Boutin, CNRS, LOCEAN/Sorbonne Université, Paris, France, Jean-Luc Vergely, ACRI-st, Sophia-Antipolis, France, Nicolas Kolodziejczyk, UBO, CNRS, IRD, Ifremer, Laboratoire d'Océanographie Physique et Spatiale, Plouzané, France, Plouzane, France, Gilles P Reverdin, Sorbonne Université - CNRS/IRD/MNHN, LOCEAN, Paris, France and Anastasia Tarasenko, Ifremer, LOPS, Brest, France
Coastal Upwelling Limitation by Salinity-Driven Onshore Geostrophic Flow in the Northern Gulf of Guinea (646404)
Gael Alory, Observatory Midi-Pyrenees, LEGOS, Toulouse, France, Dorelle P Loemba, CIPMA/UAC, Cotonou, Benin, Casimir DA-Allada, UNSTIM/CIPMA/IRHOB, Abomey, Benin, Sandrine Djakoure, LAPA-MF/UFHB, Abidjan, Côte D'ivoire, Isabelle Dadou, LEGOS, Toulouse Cedex 9, France and Julien Jouanno, Observatory Midi-Pyrenees, Toulouse, France
Eastern Mediterranean salinity variation observed by SMAP (654784)
Semyon Grodsky1, Nicolas Reul2, Abderruhim Bentamy2, Douglas C Vandemark3 and Sebastien Guimbard4, (1)University of Maryland College Park, College Park, MD, United States, (2)IFREMER, Plouzané, France, (3)University of New Hampshire Main Campus, Durham, NH, United States, (4)OceanScope, Brest, France
Evaluation and Intercomparison of SMOS, Aquarius and SMAP Sea Surface Salinity Products in the Arctic Ocean (648508)
Severine Fournier, JPL/NASA/Caltech, Pasadena, CA, United States, Tong Lee, JPL, Pasadena, United States, Wenqing Tang, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States, Michael Steele, Univ Washington, Seattle, United States and Estrella Olmedo, Barcelona Expert Center, Institute of Marine Sciences, CSIC, Physical and Technological Oceanography, Barcelona, Spain
High Resolution Rain Impact Model (HiRIM): An Oceanic Salinity Stratification Study (657312)
Maria Marta Jacob, Universidad Nacional de Cordoba, Facultad de Matematica, Astronomia y Fisica, Cordoba, Argentina, Kyla Drushka, University of Washington, Applied Physics Laboratory, Seattle, WA, United States, William Asher, University of Washington Seattle Campus, Seattle, WA, United States and W. Linwood Jones, University of Central Florida, Central Florida Remote Sensing Laboratory, Orlando, FL, United States
Impact of Satellite Sea Surface Salinity Observations on ENSO Predictions from the New NASA/GMAO Seasonal Forecast System (643827)
Eric C Hackert, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Global Modeling and Assimilation Office, Greenbelt, MD, United States, Robin M Kovach, NASA, GSFC, Greenbelt, MD, United States, Andrea Molod, Global Modeling and Assimilation Office, NASA GSFC, Greenbelt, United States, Anna Borovikov, Sugar Land, TX, United States and Jelena Marshak, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, GMAO, Greenbelt, MD, United States
Improved SMAP Salinity Retrievals in Coastal Areas and Near the Sea-Ice Edge (642499)
Thomas Meissner1, Frank J Wentz1, Andrew Manaster1, Jorge Vazquez2, Semyon Grodsky3 and Hsun-Ying Kao4, (1)Remote Sensing Systems, Santa Rosa, CA, United States, (2)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, United States, (3)University of Maryland, College Park, MD, United States, (4)Earth and Space Research, Seattle, WA, United States
Influence of Non-seasonal River Discharge on the Ocean (653358)
Hrishikesh Arvind Chandanpurkar1, Xiaochun Wang2, Tong Lee2, Hong Zhang3, Ian G Fenty4, Severine Fournier4, Ichiro Fukumori2, Dimitris Menemenlis4, John T Reager II3, Ou Wang2 and John R Worden2, (1)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States, (2)NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States, (3)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States, (4)NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, United States
Interannual to Decadal Prediction of Terrestrial Precipitation Using Sea Surface Salinity as a Precursor - Case Study of Australian Rainfall (649250)
Saurabh Rathore, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Taroona, TAS, Australia, Nathaniel L. Bindoff, University of Tasmania, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, Hobart, TAS, Australia, Caroline Ummenhofer, WHOI, Woods Hole, United States, Helen Elizabeth Phillips, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS, Australia and Ming Feng, CSIRO, Environment, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia
Sea surface salinity subfootprint variability from a global high-resolution model (643616)
Frederick Bingham, University of North Carolina at Wilmington, Wilmington, NC, United States, Joseph Matthew D'Addezio, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Ocean Dynamics and Prediction, Stennis Space Center, United States, Severine Fournier, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, United States, Hong Zhang, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States and Karly Ulfsax, University of North Carolina at Wilmington, Wilmington, United States
Variations in Salinity over the Global Ocean from Multiple Gridded Argo Products (644288)
Chao Liu, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Department of Physical Oceanography, Woods Hole, United States, Xinfeng Liang, University of Delaware, School of Marine Science and Policy, Newark, DE, United States, Don P Chambers, University of South Florida, College of Marine Science, St. Petersburg, United States and Rui M Ponte, Atmospheric and Environmental Research, Lexington, United States
