Black Sea SMOS Sea Surface Salinity Level 4 [Dataset]

Filenames: BEC_SSS___SMOS__BLA_L4__B_YYYYMMDDT120000_0.05d_1d_REP_v1.0.nc YYYYMMDD: central date Documents of reference: Olmedo et al, 2021, "New SMOS SSS maps in the framework of the Earth Observationdata For Science and Innovation in the Black Sea", Earth Science System Data journal. BEC ftp service: We serve netCDF data by means of a secure ftp server. NetCDF files from which the maps were made (and other additional data) can be downloaded from sftp address becftp.icm.csic.es at port 27500. If your browser is sftp compatible you can browse directly from sftp://becftp.icm.csic.es:27500 address. In order to download data you should be registered in our BEC ftp service. Registration is free, you can register just by filling the following form: http://bec.icm.csic.es/bec-ftp-service-registration/ If you need a dedicated ftp client (for instance FileZilla https://filezilla-project.org/) you should use the following configuration: Host: sftp://becftp.icm.csic.es username: your username password: your password Port: 27500

Dedicated regional Sea Surface Salinity (SSS) product in the Black Sea. Level 4 daily maps. Data acquisition: Satellite ESA SMOS mission (Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity). Time coverage 01 February 2011 - 31 December 2019. Time resolution: daily. Maps frequency generation: Daily. Spatial coverage: Latitude range: 39ºN-48ºN Longitude range: 26ºE-42ºE. Spatial resolution: 0.05 degrees. Spatial grid: WGS 84 / Regular longitude-latitude. Sensor Satellite SMOS / MIRAS. Format NetCDF. Climate and Forecast (CF) conventions version: 1.6

With the institutional support of the ‘Severo Ochoa Centre of Excellence’ accreditation (CEX2019-000928-S)

Peer reviewed