PO44E:
Ocean Salinity and Water Cycle Variability and Change V Posters

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Session ID#: 11451

Session Description:
This session highlights new research investigating observed and modeled ocean variability and change, focusing on ocean salinity as an important driver of ocean circulation and upper­ocean mixing and a key indicator of the global water cycle. Recent observations, historical measurements, and model simulations have revealed oceanic variability and change on short (daily to seasonal) and longer (interannual to climate, >30­year) timescales. The SMOS and Aquarius/SAC­-D satellite missions present an unprecedented opportunity to monitor surface salinity and elucidate the ocean processes driving salinity variations on numerous timescales. Satellites complement in situ observations and process­ oriented field experiments, allowing researchers to develop a detailed understanding of the causes and consequences of salinity variability. Contributions are invited on all aspects of ocean salinity variations from the perspective of in situ and satellite observations, numerical models, and data assimilation. The session will focus on the following themes: new oceanographic insights based on SMOS and Aquarius satellite data; new process-­based insights obtained from field studies; the role of salinity in thermohaline circulation, upper ­ocean stratification, and ocean dynamics; links between salinity variability and global and regional climate variability modes and the fingerprint of long­ term change; and the assimilation of salinity observations into ocean models.
Primary Chair:  Paul James Durack, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Program for Climate Model Diagnosis and Intercomparison, Livermore, CA, United States
Chairs:  Nicolas Reul, IFREMER, Plouzané, France, Hailong Liu, University of Miami/CIMAS, NOAA/AOML, Miami, FL, United States and Kyla Drushka, Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States
Moderators:  Paul James Durack, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Program for Climate Model Diagnosis and Intercomparison, Livermore, CA, United States and Hailong Liu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
Student Paper Review Liaison:  Paul James Durack, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Program for Climate Model Diagnosis and Intercomparison, Livermore, CA, United States
Index Terms:

4504 Air/sea interactions [OCEANOGRAPHY: PHYSICAL]
4513 Decadal ocean variability [OCEANOGRAPHY: PHYSICAL]
4572 Upper ocean and mixed layer processes [OCEANOGRAPHY: PHYSICAL]
4594 Instruments and techniques [OCEANOGRAPHY: PHYSICAL]
Co-Sponsor(s):
  • A - Air-sea Interactions and Upper Ocean Processes
  • IS - Instrumentation & Sensing Technologies
  • PC - Past, Present and Future Climate
  • TE - Tropical and Equatorial Environments

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

 
PO44E-3199
The French Contribution to the Voluntary Observing Ships Network of Sea Surface Salinity (88595)
Gael Alory1, Thierry C Delcroix2, Philippe Téchiné2, Denis Diverrès3, David Varillon4, Sophie E Cravatte5, Yves Gouriou3, Jacques Grelet3, Stéphane Jacquin3, Elodie Kestenare6, Christophe Maes7, Rosemary Morrow8, Julien Perrier4, Gilles P Reverdin9 and Fabrice Roubaud3, (1)CIPMA, Cotonou, Benin, (2)Observatory Midi-Pyrenees, LEGOS, Toulouse, France, (3)IRD, Brest, France, (4)IRD, Nouméa, New Caledonia, (5)LEGOS, Université de Toulouse, (IRD, CNES, CNRS, UT), Nouméa, New Caledonia, (6)Laboratoire d’Etudes Géophysiques et d’Océanographie Spatiale, LEGOS – UMR 5566 CNES-CNRS-IRD-UPS, Toulouse, France, (7)UBO, CNRS, IRD, Ifremer, Laboratoire d'Océanographie Physique et Spatiale, Plouzané, France, Plouzane, France, (8)LEGOS, Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées, Toulouse, France, (9)Sorbonne Université - CNRS/IRD/MNHN, LOCEAN, Paris, France
 
PO44E-3200
Observing Propagating Ocean Features Using SMOS Surface Salinity data (87534)
Chris Banks1, Meric A Srokosz2, Paolo Cipollini2, Helen M Snaith3, Jeff Blundell4, Christine Gommenginger2 and Eleni Tzortzi2, (1)National Oceanography Centre, Liverpool, United Kingdom, (2)National Oceanography Centre, United Kingdom, (3)British Oceanographic Data Centre, United Kingdom, (4)National Oceanography Centre, University of Southampton, Ocean and Earth Science, Southampton, United Kingdom
 
PO44E-3201
Monitoring the biophysical properties along Lagrangian advection pathways in the Amazon River plume (88817)
Severine Fournier1, Lucile Gaultier2, Douglas C Vandemark3, Joseph Salisbury II3, Tong Lee4 and Michelle Gierach4, (1)JPL/NASA/Caltech, Pasadena, CA, United States, (2)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States, (3)University of New Hampshire, Durham, United States, (4)NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States
 
PO44E-3202
Modeling Salinity Changes in the Persian Gulf (89546)
Wonhyun Lee, Texas A&M University, Civil Engineering, College Station, TX, United States, James Michael Kaihatu, Texas A&M University College Station, Zachry Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, College Station, TX, United States, Ayal Anis, Texas A & M University at Galveston, Galveston, TX, United States and Dapeng Li, Texas A&M University, Department of Oceanography, Galveston, TX, United States
 
PO44E-3203
Characterization of the sea surface salinity interannual variability in the Eastern Tropical Pacific Ocean through Satellite Observations and Numerical Modeling (91371)
Gisel Guzman Echavarria, Estefania Montoya Duque, Carlos Hoyos and Yuley Cardona, Universidad Nacional de Colombia - Medellin, Geociencias y Medio Ambiente, Medellin, Colombia
 
PO44E-3204
Validation of Salinity Data from the Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) and Aquarius Satellites in the Agulhas Current System (93855)
Nicole Button, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, United States
 
PO44E-3205
Variability and Uncertainty in Satellite Sea-surface Salinity Observations (91175)
Eric J Bayler, NOAA National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service, College Park, MD, United States and Li Ren, Univ of MD-ESSIC/CICS, College Park, MD, United States
 
PO44E-3206
Satellite Sea-surface Salinity Retrieval Dependencies (89718)
Li Ren, University of Maryland College Park, College Park, MD, United States and Eric J Bayler, NOAA/NESDIS/STAR, College Park, MD, United States
 
PO44E-3207
Toward Improved Application of SMOS and Aquarius Level-2 Sea-surface Salinity Products (90004)
Yongsheng Zhang, NOAA/NESDIS/National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) and the Cooperative Institute for Climate Studies at the University of Maryland, College Park, United States, Eric J Bayler, NOAA/NESDIS/Center for Satellite Applications and Research (STAR), United States and Sheekela Baker-Yeboah, NOAA/NESDIS/National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) and the Cooperative Institute for Climate Studies at the University of Maryland, Silver Spring, United States
 
PO44E-3208
Bias correction of Sea Surface Salinity from space in a Global Ocean Forecasting System at 1/4°. (89624)
Benoit Tranchant, CLS, DOS, Ramonville St Agne, France, Eric Greiner, CLS, Ramonville Saint Agne, France and Jean-Michel Lellouche, Mercator Océan, Ramonville Saint Agne, France
 
PO44E-3209
The Global Water Cycle and Salinity in CMIP5 (90433)
Sam Levang, Salient Predictions, United States and Raymond W Schmitt, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Physical Oceanography, Woods Hole, MA, United States
 
PO44E-3210
SMOS Satellite Sea-surface Salinity Data: Impact on Upper-ocean Modeling (88082)
Bin Li, IMSG at NOAA/NWS/NCEP/Environmental Modeling Center, College Park, MD, United States, Avichal Mehra, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC, College Park, MD, United States and Eric J Bayler, NOAA/NESDIS/Center for Satellite Applications and Research (STAR), United States
 
PO44E-3211
Near-Surface Salinity Stratification from Satellite SSS Observations and an Advanced Ocean Model (88976)
Y Tony Song1, Tong Lee1, Jae-Hong Moon2, Tangdong Qu3 and Simon H Yueh4, (1)NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States, (2)Jeju National University, Jeju, South Korea, (3)University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI, United States, (4)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States
 
PO44E-3212
Ocean Surface Salinity from the SMAP Sensor (Invited) (87419)
Thomas Meissner, Frank J Wentz and Joel P Scott, Remote Sensing Systems, Santa Rosa, CA, United States
 
PO44E-3213
The vertical dependence in the horizontal variability of salinity and temperature at the ocean surface (Invited) (93257)
William Asher, Kyla Drushka, Andy T Jessup and Dan Clark, Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States
 
PO44E-3214
SMAP Salinity Artifacts Associated With Presence of Rain (90449)
Maria Marta Jacob, Comisión Nacional de Actividades Espaciales, Capital Federal, Argentina, Andrea Santos-Garcia, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, United States and Linwood Jones, Univ Central Florida-ECE Dept, Orlando, FL, United States
 
PO44E-3215
Rain Impact Model V2.0 for Sea Surface Salinity: A Flag for Salinity Stratification (90263)
Andrea Santos-Garcia1, Maria Marta Jacob2, Linwood Jones1 and William Asher3, (1)University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, United States, (2)Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales - CONAE, Argentina, (3)University of Washington Seattle Campus, Seattle, WA, United States
 
PO44E-3216
Tools, Services and Support of NASA Salinity Data at the PO.DAAC (89125)
Vardis M Tsontos and Jorge Vazquez, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States
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