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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.
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