Credit: NASA JPL PO.DAAC.

Animation of sea surface salinity from 1 April 2015 to 27 August 2024 based on the 8-day running mean version 6.0 Level 3 NASA Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) dataset from Remote Sensing Systems (RSS). The dataset can be accessed from the PO.DAAC Portal at RSS SMAP Level 3 Sea Surface Salinity Standard Mapped Image 8-Day Running Mean V6.0 Validated Dataset | Physical Oceanography Distributed Active Archive Center (PO.DAAC) (DOI:10.5067/SMP60-3SPCS).

Video at PO.DAAC Animation: Sea Surface Salinity 8-Day Running Mean from SMAP RSS V6.0 (2015-2024) | PO.DAAC / JPL / NASA