Aquarius/SMAP Optimum Interpolation Maps: Sea Surface Salinity

The sea surface salinity (SSS) optimum interpolation (OI) product combines observations from NASA's Aquarius/SAC-D and Soil Moisture Active-Passive (SMAP) satellite missions into a continuous and consistent multi-satellite SSS data record.

Thanks to this long, continuous data record, it is possible to compute monthly climatology data. Climatology data are computed over more than a decade (view climatology maps). In addition, anomaly data are computed relative to the OI SSS product-based monthly climatology (view anomaly maps).

Reference
Melnichenko, O., P. Hacker., N. Maximenko, G. Lagerloef, and J. Potemra (2016), Optimum interpolation analysis of Aquarius sea surface salinity, J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 121, 602-616, doi:10.1002/2015JC011343.
Resources
Multi-Mission OISSS Global Dataset V2 (PO.DAAC): Weekly | Monthly
OISSS Overview (Earth and Space Research, ESR)
OISSS Data Access (ESR)
OISSS Documentation (ESR)

Click on the images (below) for a closer view. From there, you can click the left/right arrows to move from month to month. After you've selected a specific map, you can click on the caption to view anomaly data for that month/year.

Global map of monthly sea surface salinity, August 2023
August 2023
Global map of monthly sea surface salinity, July 2023
July 2023
Global map of monthly sea surface salinity, June 2023
June 2023
Global map of monthly sea surface salinity, May 2023
May 2023
Global map of monthly sea surface salinity, April 2023
April 2023
Global map of monthly sea surface salinity, March 2023
March 2023
Global map of monthly sea surface salinity, February 2023
February 2023
Global map of monthly sea surface salinity, January 2023
January 2023
Global map of monthly sea surface salinity, December 2022
December 2022
Global map of monthly sea surface salinity, November 2022
November 2022
Global map of monthly sea surface salinity, October 2022
October 2022
Global map of monthly sea surface salinity, September 2022
September 2022
Global map of monthly sea surface salinity, August 2022
August 2022
Global map of monthly sea surface salinity, July 2022
July 2022
Global map of monthly sea surface salinity, June 2022
June 2022
Global map of monthly sea surface salinity, May 2022
May 2022
Global map of monthly sea surface salinity, April 2022
April 2022
Global map of monthly sea surface salinity, March 2022
March 2022
Sea surface salinity, February 2022
February 2022
Sea surface salinity, January 2022
January 2022
Sea surface salinity, December 2021
December 2021
Sea surface salinity, November 2021
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August 2021
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April 2021
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February 2021
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January 2021
Sea surface salinity, December 2020
December 2020
Sea surface salinity, November 2020
November 2020
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October 2020
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September 2020
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August 2020
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June 2020
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April 2020
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March 2020
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February 2020
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January 2020
Sea surface salinity, December 2019
December 2019
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Sea surface salinity, December 2018
December 2018
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January 2018
Sea surface salinity, December 2017
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August 2017
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April 2017
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February 2017
Sea surface salinity, January 2017
January 2017
Sea surface salinity, December 2016
December 2016
Sea surface salinity, November 2016
November 2016
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October 2016
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September 2016
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August 2016
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Sea surface salinity, January 2016
January 2016
Sea surface salinity, December 2015
December 2015
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November 2015
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October 2015
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September 2015
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August 2015
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July 2015
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January 2015
Sea surface salinity, December 2014
December 2014
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September 2014
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August 2014
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June 2014
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April 2014
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March 2014
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February 2014
Sea surface salinity, January 2014
January 2014
Sea surface salinity, December 2013
December 2013
Sea surface salinity, November 2013
November 2013
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October 2013
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September 2013
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August 2013
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July 2013
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April 2013
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March 2013
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February 2013
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January 2013
Sea surface salinity, December 2012
December 2012
Sea surface salinity, November 2012
November 2012
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October 2012
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September 2012
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August 2012
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February 2012
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January 2012
Sea surface salinity, December 2011
December 2011
Sea surface salinity, November 2011
November 2011
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Sea surface salinity, September 2011
September 2011