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The U.S. CLIVAR Salinity Working Group was formed
in June 2005. During the two year life cyle of the working group,
they examined the processes and mechanisms that link salinity,
the water cycle, ocean circulation, and climate variability; tried
to understand the trends and variability of sea surface salinity
and subsurface salinity for different regions; identified the relations
between salinity and temperature structure and variability; and
determined what observations and monitoring requirements are necessary
to ensure adequate salinity data products for future climate studies. After
a successful workshop in May 2005, held at Woods Hole Oceanographic
Institute, the working group's concluding
report was published in July 2007.
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Salinity Working Group
last updated
April 15, 2008
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| Tim
Boyer |
NOAA
NODC |
| Jim Carton (co-chair) |
University of
Maryland |
| Yi
Chao |
NASA
Jet Propulsion Lab |
| Arnold
Gordon |
Columbia
Univ. / LDEO |
| Greg
Johnson |
NOAA
PMEL |
| Gary
Lagerloef |
ESR,
Inc. |
| Bill
Large |
NCAR |
| Steve
Riser |
University
of Washington |
| Ray
Schmitt (co-chair) |
Woods
Hole Oceanographic Institute |
Terms of Reference
- Describe the role of ocean salinity in the global water cycle,
global ocean circulation, and climate variability (including trends);
- Identify the requirements and challenges for analyzing, observing,
and monitoring salinity, as well as simulate processes critical
for determining the ocean's role in transport and storage of salinity;
- Provide guidance to NASA (and the international community) on
observational and scientific activities that should be considered
in advance of and during the Aquarius mission to improve our measurement,
analysis, and utilization of salinity information for the purposes
stated above
- Report within one year to the U.S. CLIVAR Phenomena, Observation
and Synthesis panel on the above objectives.
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