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Salinity Documents

  • The Salinity Working Group Report Issued July 2007 (pdf)

Salinity Meetings

  • Special Session Planned at Ocean Sciences Meeting in Hawaii (February 2006)

THE ROLE OF OCEAN SALINITY IN CLIMATE

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Conveners: James Carton, Ray Schmitt and Gary Lagerloef

Ocean salinity is a key variable related to the interactions between the Earthís water cycle, ocean circulation and climate. Understanding its importance in climate variability involves studying topics such as (1) the influence of salinity variability on tropical dynamics and ENSO, (2) large scale salinity changes in mid to high latitudes that influence mode water formation and ocean convective overturning circulation and (3) closure of the global ocean-atmosphere freshwater balance. This session welcomes presentations on these general topics and other processes that define the role of ocean salinity in climate.

  • Salinity Workshop at Woods Hole 8-10 May 2006 - click here for more information.

 

 

 

 

 

Announcements

New Western Boundary Current paper published - Role of Gulf Stream, Kuroshio-Oyashio and Their Extensions in Large-Scale Atmosphere-Ocean Interaction : A Review, J. Climate, 15 June 2010, Vol. 23, pp 3249-3281

2010 Workshop on Evaluation of ReanalysesNovember 1-3, Baltimore, Maryland

First Circular Announcement for WCRP Open Science Conference October 2011

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    

April 2010 - Surface Fluxes: Challenges for High Latitudes - presentations posted

February 2010 - YOTC-GS Alpha Prototype for Satellite data has been released to the public

 

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