The following list shows an inventory of the 2001-2013 referred scientific publications which use Sea Surface Salinity (SSS) data collected as part of the Sea Surface Salinity Observation Service. This list is likely far from complete, and we would appreciate being advised of any old/new missing publications.

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- Da-Allada, C. Y., G. Alory, Y. du Penhoat, E. Kestenare, F. Durand, and N. Hounkonnou, 2013. Seasonal mixed-layer salinity balance in the tropical Atlantic Ocean: Mean state and seasonal cycle, J. Geophys. Res., 118, 332-345, doi:10.1029/2012JC008357.

- Hasson A., T. Delcroix, and R. Dussin, 2013. An assessment of the mixed layer salinity budget in the tropical Pacific Ocean. Observations and modelling (1990-2009). Ocean Dynamics, 63:179-194, doi:10.1007/s10236-013-0596-2.

- Hereid K., T. Quinn, and Y. Okumura, 2013. Assessing spatial variability in El Niño-Southern Oscillation event detection skill using coral geochemistry. Paleoceanography, Vol. 28, doi:10.1029/2012PA002352.

- Alory G., C. Maes, T. Delcroix, N. Reul, and S. Illig, 2012. Seasonal dynamics of sea surface salinity off Panama: The far Eastern Pacific Fresh Pool. J. Geophys. Res., 117:C04028, doi:10.1029/2011JC007802.

- Chen J., R. Zhang, H. Wang, Y. An, P. Peng and W. Zhang, 2012. Isolation of sea surface salinity maps on various timescales in the tropical Pacific Ocean. J. Oceanogr, 68:687–701, doi 10.1007/s10872-012-0126-8.

- Da-Allada, C. Y., G. Alory, Y. du Penhoat, E. Kestenare, F. Durand and N. Hounkonnou. Seasonal mixed-layer salinity balance in the tropical Atlantic Ocean: Mean state and seasonal cycle. J. Geophys. Res., doi:10.1029/2012JC008357, in press.

- Gorman M.; T. Quinn; F. Taylor; J. Partin; G. Cabioch; J. Austin; B. Pelletier; V. Ballu; C. Maes, and S. Saustrup. A coral-based reconstruction of sea surface salinity at Sabine Bank, Vanuatu from 1842 to 2007 CE. Paleoceanogr., Vol. 27, No. 3, PA3226, doi:10.1029/2012PA002302.

- Grodsky S. A., N. Reul, G. Lagerloef, G. Reverdin, J. A. Carton, B. Chapron, Y. Quilfen, V. N. Kudryavtsev, and H.-Y. Kao, 2012. Haline hurricane wake in the Amazon/Orinoco plume: AQUARIUS/SACD and SMOS observations, Geophys. Res. Lett., 39, LXXXXX, doi:10.1029/2012GL053335.

- Radenac M.H, F. Léger, A. Singh, and T. Delcroix, 2012 Sea surface chlorophyll signature in the tropical Pacific during Eastern and Central Pacific ENSO events, J. Geophys. Res., 117, C04007, doi:10.1029/2011JC007841.

- Signorini, S. R. , S. Häkkinen, K. Gudmundsson, A. Olsen, A. M. Omar, J. Olafsson, G. Reverdin, S. A. Henson, C. R. McClain and D. L. Worthen, 2012. The Role of Phytoplankton Dynamics in the Seasonal and Interannual Variability of Carbon in the Subpolar North Atlantic: A Modeling Study. Geosci. Model Dev., 5,683-707,doi:10.5194/gmd-5-683-2012.

- Terray, L., L. Corre, S. Cravatte, T. Delcroix, G. Reverdin, and A. Ribes, 2012. Near-surface salinity as Nature’s rain gauge to detect human inflence on the tropical water cycle. J. Climate, 25-3, 958–977, doi: 10.1175/JCLI-D-10-05025.1

- Delcroix T., G. Alory, S. Cravatte, T. Corrège, and M. McPhaden, 2011. A gridded sea surface salinity data set for the tropical Pacific with sample applications (1950-2008). Deep Sea Res., 58, 38-48 doi:10.1016/j.dsr.2010.11.002.

- Desprès A., G. Reverdin and F. d'Ovidio, 2011. Summertime modification of surface fronts in the North Atlantic subpolar gyre. J. Geophys. Res., 116, C10003, doi:10.1029/2011JC006950.

- Després A., G. Reverdin and F. d'Ovidio, 2011. Mechanisms and spatial variability of mesoscale frontogenesis in the northwestern subpolar gyre. Ocean Modelling, 39, issues 1-2, 97-113.

- McKinley, G. A., A. R. Fay, T. Takahashi and N. Metzl, 2011. Convergence of atmospheric and North Atlantic carbon dioxide trends on multidecadal timescales. Nature Geoscience. doi:10.1038/NGEO1193.

- Signorini, S. R., S. Häkkinen, K. Gudmundsson, A. Olsen, A. M. Omar, J. Olafsson, G. Reverdin, S. A. Henson and C. R. McClain, 2011. The role of phytoplankton dynamics in the seasonal variability of carbon in the subpolar North Atlantic ­ A modeling study. Geophysical Model Dev., gmd-2010-64.

- Singh, A., and T. Delcroix, 2011. Estimating the effects of ENSO upon the observed freshening trends of the western Tropical Pacific Ocean. Geophys. Res. Let., L21607, doi :10.1029/2011/GL049636.

- Singh A., T. Delcroix, and S. Cravatte, 2011. Contrasting the flavors of El Nino Southern Oscillation using sea surface salinity observations. J. Geophys. Res., 116, C06016, doi:10.1029/2010JC006862.

- Watson, A., N. Metzl and U. Schuster, 2011. Monitoring and interpreting the ocean uptake of atmospheric CO2. Phis. Trans Roy Soc, doi 10.1098/rsta.2011.0060.

- Bingham F., G. Foltz, and M. McPhaden, 2010. Seasonal cycles of surface layer salinity in the Pacific ocean. Ocean Sci., 6, 775-787 doi:10.5194/os-6-775-2010.

- Lagerloef, G., Boutin, J., Chao, Y., Delcroix, T., Font, J., Niiler, P., Reul, N., Riser, S., Schmitt, R., Stammer, D. and Wentz, F. 2010. Resolving the Global Surface Salinity Field and Variations by Blending Satellite and In Situ Observations. In: Proceedings of OceanObs’09: Sustained Ocean Observations and Information for Society (Vol. 2), Venice, Italy, 21-25 September 2009, Hall, J., Harrison, D.E. & Stammer, D., Eds., ESA Publication WPP-306, doi:10.5270/OceanObs09.cwp.51,2010.

- Lefèvre N., D. Diverrès and F. Gallois, 2010. Origin of CO2 undersaturation in the western tropical Atlantic. Tellus B, doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0889.2010.00475.x.

- Metzl, N., A Corbière, G. Reverdin, A. Lenton, T. Takahashi, A. Olsen, T. Johannessen, D. Pierrot, R. Wanninkhof , S. R. Ólafsdóttir, J. Olafsson and M. Ramonet, 2010. Recent acceleration of the sea surface fCO2 growth rate in the North Atlantic subpolar gyre (1993 2008) revealed by winter observations, Global Biogeochem. Cycles, 24, GB4004, doi:10.1029/2009GB003658.

- Reverdin G., 2010. North Atlantic subpolar gyre surface variability (1895-2009). J. Climate, 23-17, 4571-4584, doi:10.1175/2010JCLI3493.1.

- Bosc C., T. Delcroix, and C. Maes, 2009. Barrier layer variability in the western Pacific warm pool from 2000-2007. J. Geophys. Res., 114, C06023, doi:10.1029/2008JC005187.

- Cravatte S., T. Delcroix, D. Zhang, M. McPhaden, and J. Leloup, 2009. Observed freshening and warming of the western Pacific warm pool. Clim. Dyn., 33:565-589, doi 10.1007/s00382-009-0526-7.

- Delcroix, T., et S. Cravatte, 2009. Le changement climatique: une réalité pour l'outre-mer français. La Météorologie, vol. 65, 33-38.

- Ishii et al., 2009. Spatial variability and decadal trend of the oceanic CO2 in the western equatorial Pacific warm/fresh water. Deep Sea Res., vol. 56, 591-606.

- Reul, N., S. Saux-Picart, B. Chapron, D. Vandemark, J. Tournadre, and J. Salisbury, 2009. Demonstration of ocean surface salinity microwave measurements from space using AMSR-E data over the Amazon plume. Geophys. Res. Let., 36, L13607, doi:10.1029/2009GL038860.

- Schuster, U., A.J. Watson, N. Bates, A. Corbière, M. Gonzalez-Davila, N.Metzl, D. Pierrot and M. Santana-Casiano, 2009. Trends in North Atlantic sea surface pCO2 from 1990 to 2006. Deep-Sea Res II, doi:10.1016/j.dsr2.2008.12.011.

- Ullman, D. J., G.A. McKinley, V. Bennington and S. Dutkiewicz, 2009. Trends in the North Atlantic carbon sink: 1992-2006, Global Biogeochem. Cycles, 23, GB4011, doi:10.1029/2008GB003383.

- Watson, A.J., U. Schuster, D .C. E. Bakker, N. Bates, A. Corbiere, M. Gonzalez-Davila, T. Freidrich, J. Hauck, C. Heinze, T. Johannessen, A. Koertzinger, N. Metzl, J. Olafsson, A. Olsen, A. Oschlies, X. Padin, B. Pfeil, A. Rios, M Santana-Casiano, T. Steinhoff, M. Telszewski, D. W. R. Wallace, R. Wanninkhof, 2009. Tracking the variable North Atlantic sink for atmospheric CO2, Science, 326, 1391, doi:10.1126/science.1177394.

- Foltz, G. and M. J. McPhaden, 2008. Seasonal mixed layer salinity balance of the tropical North Atlantic Ocean. J. Geophys. Res., 113, C02013, doi:10.1029/2007JC004178.

- Linsley, B., P. Zhang, A. Kaplan, S. Howe, and G. Wellington, 2008. Interdecadal-decadal climate records from multicoral oxygen isotope records in the South Pacific Convergence Zone region since 1650 A.D. Paleoceanogr., 23, PA2219, doi:10.1029/2007PA001539.

- Maes, C., 2008. On the ocean salinity stratification observed at the eastern edge of the equatorial Pacific warm pool. J. Geophys. Res., 113, C03027, doi:10.1029/2007JC004297.

- Sallée, J.B., R. Morrow, and K. Speer, 2008. Southern ocean fronts and their variability to climate modes. J. Climate, 21, 3020-3039.

- Thomas, H., A.E.F. Prowe, I.D. Lima, S.C. Doney, R. Wanninkhof, R.J. Greatbatch, U. Schuster and A. Corbière, 2008. Changes in the North Atlantic Oscillation influence CO2 uptake in the North Atlantic over the past two decades, Global Biogeochem. Cycles, 22, GB4027, doi:10.1029/2007GB003167.

- Corbière, A., N. Metzl, G. Reverdin, C. Brunet and T. Takahashi, 2007. Interannual and decadal variability of the oceanic carbon sink in the North Atlantic subpolar gyre. Tellus B, Vol. 59, issue 2, 168-179, DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0889.2006.00232.x.

- Delcroix, T., S. Cravatte, and M. McPhaden, 2007. Decadal variations and trends in tropical Pacific sea surface salinity since 1970. J. Geophys. Res, 112, C03012, doi:10.1029/2006JC003801.

- Durand, F., D. Shankar, C. de Boyer Montégut, S.S.C. Shenoi, B. Blanke and G. Madec, 2007. Modeling the barrier layer formation in the South-Eastern Arabian Sea. J. Climate, 20, 2109-2120.

- Reverdin, G., E. Kestenare, C. Frankignoul, and T. Delcroix, 2007. Surface salinity in the Atlantic Ocean (30S-50N). Progr. Oceanogr., 73, 311-340, doi:10.1016/j.pocean.2006.11.004.

- Reverdin, G., P. Blouch, J. Boutin, P. Niiler, J. Rolland, W. Scuba, A. Lourenco, and A. Rios, 2007. Surface salinity measurements - COSMOS 2005 experiment in the Bay of Biscay. J. Atmos. Ocean. Tech., 24, 1643-1654, doi:10.1175/jtech2079.1.

- Corrège, 2006. Sea surface temperature and salinity reconstruction from coral geochemical tracers. Palaeogeo. Palaeoclim. Palaeoeco., 232, 408-428.

- Juillet-Leclerc, A., S. Thiria, P. Naveau, T. Delcroix, N. Le Bec, D. Blamart, and T. Corrège, 2006. SPCZ migration and ENSO events during the 20th century as revealed y climate proxies from of a Fiji coral. Geophys. Res. Let, 33, doi.1029/2006GL025950.

- Grodsky, S., J. Carton, and F. Bingham, 2006. Low frequency variation of sea surface salinity in the tropical Atlantic. Geophys. Res. Let, 33, doi.1029/2006GL026426.

- Linsley, B., A. Kaplan, Y. Gouriou, J. Salinger, P. de Menocal, G. Wellington, and S. Howe, 2006. Tracking the extent of the South Pacific Convergence Zone since the early 1600s. Geoch. Geophys. Geosys., vol. 7-4, doi:10.1029/2005GC001115.

- Maes, C., K. Ando, T. Delcroix, W. Kessler, M. McPhaden, and D. Roemmich, 2005. Observed correlation of surface salinity, temperature and barrier layer at the eastern edge of the western Pacific warm pool. Geophys. Res. Let., 33, doi:10.1029/2005GL024772.

- Quinn, T., F. Taylor, and T. Crowley, 2006. Coral-based climate variability in the Western Pacific Warm Pool. J. Geophys. Res., 111, doi:10.1029/2005JC003243.

- Zhang, R.H., A. Busalacchi, R. Murtugudde, P. Arkin, and J. Ballabrera-Poy. 2006. An empirical parametrization for the salinity of subsurface water entrained into the ocean mixed layer (Se) in the tropical Pacific. Geophys. Res. Let., 33, doi:10.1029/2005GL024218.

- Asami R., T. Yamada, Y. Iryu, T. Quinn, C. Meyer, and G. Paulay, 2005. Interannual and decadal variability of the western Pacific sea surface condition for the years 1787-2000 : Reconstruction based on stable isotope record from a Guam coral. J. Geophys. Res., 110, doi:10.1029/2004JC0025555.

- Delcroix, T., M. McPhaden, A. Dessier, and Y. Gouriou, 2005. Time and space scales for sea surface salinity in the tropical oceans. Deep Sea. Res., 52/5, 787-813, doi:10.1016/j.dsr.2004.11.012.

- Huang, B., and V. Mehta, 2005. Response of the Pacific and Atlantic oceans to interannual variations in net atmospheric freshwater. J. Geophys. Res., 111, doi:10.1029/2004JC002830.

- Phillips H., S. Wijffels, and M. Feng, 2005. Interannual variability in the freshwater content of the Indonesian-Australian basin. Geophys. Res. Let.,32, doi:10.1029/2004GL021755.

- Bagnato S., B. Linsley, S. Howe, G. Wellington, and J. Salinger, 2004. Evaluating the use of the massive coral Diploastrea heliopora for paleoclimate reconstruction. Paleoceanography, 19, PA1032, doi:10.1029/2003PA000935.

- Chaigneau A., Morrow R. and S. Rintoul, 2004. Seasonal and interannual evolution of the mixed layer in the Antarctic Zone, south of Tasmania. Deep-Sea Research , I, 51, 2047-2072.

- Eldin, G., T. Delcroix, and M. Rodier, 2004. The frontal area at the eastern edge of the western equatorial Pacific warm pool in April 2001. J. Geophys. Res., 109 (C7) , doi:10.1029/2003JC002088.

- Huang, B., and V. Mehta, 2004. Response of the Indo-Pacific warm pool to interannual variations in net atmospheric freshwater. J. Geophys. Res., 109, doi:10.1029/2003JC002114.

- Kilbourne K., T. Quinn, F. Taylor, T. Delcroix, and Y. Gouriou, 2004. El Nino-Southern Oscillation-related salinity variations recorded in the skeletal geochemistry of a Porites coral from Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu. Paleoceanography, 19, PA4002, doi:10.1029/2004PA001033.

- Morrow R., Donguy J.R., Chaigneau A. and S. Rintoul, 2004. Cold core anomalies at the Subantarctic Front, south of Tasmania, Deep-Sea Research, I, 51, 1417-1440.

- Durand, F., L. Gourdeau, J. Verron, and T. Delcroix, Can we improve the representation of modelled ocean mixed-layer by assimilating surface-only satellite-derived data ? A case study for the tropical Pacific during the 1997-98 El Niño. J. Geophys. Res., 108 (C6) , 3200, doi:10.1029/2002JC001603, 2003.

- Ioualalen, M., Y. Wakata, Y. Kawahara, Y. Gouriou, and D. Varillon, Variability of the Sea Surface Salinity (SSS) in the western tropical Pacific: on the ability of an OGCM to simulate the SSS and on the sampling of an operating merchant ship SSS network. J. Oceanogr., 59, 105-111, 2003.

- Mignot, J., and C. Frankignoul, On the interannual variability of surface salinity in the Atlantic, Clim. Dyn., 20, 555-565, 2003.

- Ballabrera-Poy, J., R. Murtugudde, and A. Busalacchi, On the potential impact of sea-surface salinity observations on ENSO predictions . J. Geophys. Res ., 107, 8007, doi:10.1029/2001JC000834, 2002.

- Bingham , F., S. Howden, and C. Koblinsky, Sea surface salinity measurements in the historical database, J. Geophys. Res. , 107(C12), 8019, doi :10.1029/2000JC000767, 2002.

- Boyer T., and S. Levitus, Harmonic analysis of climatological Sea surface salinity , J. Geophys. Res. , 107(C12), 8019, doi :10.1029/2001JC000829, 2002.

- Chaigneau A., and R. Morrow, Surface temperature and salinity variations between Tasmania and Antarctica, 1993-1999, J. Geophys. Res. , 107, doi:10.1029/2001JC000808, 2002.

- Cronin, M., and M. McPhaden, Barrier layer formation during westerly wind bursts, J. Geophys. Res ., 107(C12), 8020, doi:10.1029/2001JCC001171, 2002.

- Delcroix, T., and R. Murtugudde, Sea surface salinity changes in the East China Sea during 1997-2001 : influence of the Yangtze river. J. Geophys. Res ., 107, 8008, C12, doi:10.1029/2001JC000893, 2002.

- Delcroix, T. and M. McPhaden, Interannual sea surface salinity and temperature changes in the western Pacific warm pool during 1992-2000. J. Geophys. Res ., 107, C12, 8002, doi:101029/2001JC000862, 2002.

- Durand F., G. Gourdeau, T. Delcroix and J. Verron, Assimilation of sea surface salinity in a tropical OGCM: a twin experiment approach. J. Geophys. Res ., doi:10.1029/2001JC000849, 107(C12), 8004, 2002.

- Gouriou, Y. and T. Delcroix, Seasonal and ENSO variations of sea surface salinity and temperature in the South Pacific Convergence Zone during 1976-2000. J. Geophys. Res ., 107, C12, 8011, doi:101029/2001JC000830, 2002.

- Le Borgne, R., R. Barber, T. Delcroix, H. Inoue, D. Mackey, and M. Rodier, Pacific warm pool and divergence : temporal and zonal variations on the equator and their effects on the biological pump. Deep Sea Res. , 49, 2471-2512, 2002.

- Reverdin, G ., F. Durand, J. Mortensen, F. Schott, H. Valdimarsson, and W. Zenk, Recent changes in the surface salinity of the North Atlantic subpolar gyre. J. Geophys. Res. , 107 (C11), 10.1029/2001JC001010, 2002.

- Vialard, J., P. Delecluse, and C. Menkes. A modeling study of salinity variability and its effects in the tropical Pacific ocean during the 1993-9 9 period. J. Geophys. Res ., 107 (C12), 10.1029/2000JC000758, 2002.

- Ioualalen, M. and C. Henin, 2001. Thermohaline variability of the western tropical Pacific during 1995-1998: On the erosion/reconstitution of the fresh pool. J. Geophys. Res ., 106, 6869-6879.

- Lagerloef, G., and T. Delcroix, 2001. Sea surface salinity : a regional case study for the tropical Pacific. In: Observing the Ocean in the 21st Century . Edited by C. Koblinski and N. Smith. Australian Bureau of Meteorology, Melbourne, Australia, 137-148.

- McPhaden, M.J., T. Delcroix, K. Hanawa, Y. Kuroda, G. Meyers, J. Picaut, and M. Swenson, 2001. The El Niño/Southern Oscillation (ENSO) Observing System. In: Observing the Ocean in the 21st Century . Edited by C. Koblinski and N. Smith. Australian Bureau of Meteorology, Melbourne, Australia, 231-246.

- Picaut J., M. Ioualalen, T. Delcroix, F. Masia, R. Murtugudde, and J. Vialard, 2001. The oceanic zone of convergence on the eastern edge of the Pacific Warm Pool: A synthesis of results and implications for ENSO and biogeochemical phenomena . J. Geophys. Res ., 106, 2363-2386.