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PT J
TI Global Analysis of Coastal Gradients of Sea Surface Salinity
BT 
AF Dossa, Alina N.
   Alory, Gaël
   Costa da Silva, Alex
   Dahunsi, Adeola M.
   Bertrand, Arnaud
AS 1:1,2;2:2;3:1;4:3;5:1,4,5;
FF 1:;2:;3:;4:;5:;
C1 Laboratório de Oceanografia Física Estuarina e Costeira, Depto. Oceanografia, UFPE, Av. Arquitetura, s/n, Cidade Universitária, Recife CEP 50740-550, PE, Brazil
   Laboratoire d’Études en Géophysique et Océanographie Spatiale (LEGOS), Université de Toulouse, CNES/CNRS/IRD/UPS,14, Avenue Edouard Belin, 31400 Toulouse, France
   International Chair in Mathematical Physics and Applications (ICMPA), Université d’Abomey-Calavi, 072 BP 50 Cotonou, Benin
   Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, MARBEC, Univ Montpellier, CNRS, Ifremer, IRD, Avenue Jean Monnet, 34200 Sète, France
   Departamento de Pesca e Aquicultura, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Rua D. Manuel de Medeiros, sn, Dois irmãos, Recife CEP 52171-900, PE, Brazil
C2 UNIV FED PERNAMBUCO UFPE, BRAZIL
   UNIV TOULOUSE, FRANCE
   UNIV ABOMEY CALAVI, BENIN
   IRD, FRANCE
   UNIV FED RURAL PERNAMBUCO UFRPE, BRAZIL
UM MARBEC
IN WOS Cotutelle UMR
   DOAJ
   copubli-france
   copubli-univ-france
   copubli-int-hors-europe
   copubli-sud
IF 5.349
TC 10
UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00702/81419/85811.pdf
LA English
DT Article
CR ABRACOS
BO Antea
DE ;SSS;thermosalinograph;SMOS;SMAP;GLORYS;Amazon River plume;northeast Brazil;Bay of Bengal;California Current system;Great Australian Bight
AB Sea surface salinity (SSS) is a key variable for ocean–atmosphere interactions and the water cycle. Due to its climatic importance, increasing efforts have been made for its global in situ observation, and dedicated satellite missions have been launched more recently to allow homogeneous coverage at higher resolution. Cross-shore SSS gradients can bear the signature of different coastal processes such as river plumes, upwelling or boundary currents, as we illustrate in a few regions. However, satellites performances are questionable in coastal regions. Here, we assess the skill of four gridded products derived from the Soil Moisture Ocean Salinity (SMOS) and Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) satellites and the GLORYS global model reanalysis at capturing cross-shore SSS gradients in coastal bands up to 300 km wide. These products are compared with thermosalinography (TSG) measurements, which provide continuous data from the open ocean to the coast along ship tracks. The comparison shows various skills from one product to the other, decreasing as the coast gets closer. The bias in reproducing coastal SSS gradients is unrelated to how the SSS biases evolve with the distance to the coast. Despite limited skill, satellite products generally agree better with collocated TSG data than a global reanalysis and show a large range of coastal SSS gradients with different signs. Moreover, satellites reveal a global dominance of coastal freshening, primarily related to river runoff over shelves. This work shows a great potential of SSS remote sensing to monitor coastal processes, which would, however, require a jump in the resolution of future SSS satellite missions to be fully exploited. 
PY 2021
PD JUN
SO Remote Sensing
SN 2072-4292
PU MDPI AG
VL 13
IS 13
UT 000670940100001
DI 10.3390/rs13132507
ID 81419
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