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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.

Salinity Working Group
last updated April 15, 2008
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.

 

 

Announcements

First Circular Announcement for WCRP Open Science Conference October 2011

7-9 June 2010 - US CLIVAR Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation Annual Meeting (Miami, FL)

International CLIVAR seeks new Director - closing date 29 March 2010.

17-19 March 2010 - High Latitude Surface Flux Workshop in conjunction with SEAFLUX (Boulder, CO)

Postdocs Applying Climate Expertise(PACE) seeking Organizational Partners

PSMI Publication on Best Practices for Process Studies released and has reached #6 on AMS most viewed list. (BAMS, July 2009)

 

 

 

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Science Tidbits    

February 2010

YOTC-GS Alpha Prototype for Satellite data has been released to the public

14 August 2009 - Past Atlantic Hurricanes linked to Climate Change

10 August 2009 - Climate models confirm more moisture in atmosphere attributed to humans

 

 

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