Articles | Volume 17, issue 5
https://doi.org/10.5194/os-17-1437-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/os-17-1437-2021
Research article
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22 Oct 2021
Research article |  | 22 Oct 2021

Sea surface salinity short-term variability in the tropics

Frederick M. Bingham and Susannah Brodnitz

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Interactive discussion

Status: closed

Comment types: AC – author | RC – referee | CC – community | EC – editor | CEC – chief editor | : Report abuse
  • RC1: 'Comment on os-2021-51', Corinne Trott, 28 Jun 2021
  • RC2: 'Comment on os-2021-51', Anonymous Referee #2, 08 Sep 2021

Peer review completion

AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision
AR by Frederick Bingham on behalf of the Authors (10 Sep 2021)  Author's response    Author's tracked changes    Manuscript
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (14 Sep 2021) by Anne Marie Treguier
RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (26 Sep 2021)
ED: Publish as is (28 Sep 2021) by Anne Marie Treguier
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Short summary
Satellite measurements of sea surface salinity (SSS) are compared with measurements in the ocean to verify the quality of the satellite data. SSS satellites measure average values over a footprint with size of ~100 km, whereas ocean values are usually taken at a single point in space and time. Using SSS data from a network of buoys across the global tropics, we estimate the size of the mismatch between satellite and in situ measurements to better understand the error structure of the satellite.