Salinity Pilot-Mission Exploitation Platform

Results of systematic analyses of the Match-up DataBase (MDB) files generated by the Pi-MEP are provided to the users in the form of specific PDF reports. MDB files are analyzed for all pairs of Satellite/In situ SSS data and for an ensemble of 30 geographical Pi-MEP regions. Each report includes:

A. Description of the MDB files:

• A short description of the satellite SSS product considered in the match-up;
• A short description of the in situ SSS dataset considered in the match-up;
• A short description of the auxiliary geophysical datasets co-localized with SSS pairs;
• An overview of how the match-ups were evaluated;
• An overview of the MDB characteristics for the particular in situ/satellite pairs.

B. Results of the analysis of the MDB files:

• Spatial Maps of the Time-mean and temporal STD of in situ and satellite SSS and of the ∆SSS where ∆SSS = SSS_SAT - SSS_Insitu is the difference between the satellite and in situ SSS at the colocated points that form the MDB file;
• Time series of the monthly averaged mean and STD of in situ and satellite SSS and of the ∆SSS;
• Zonally-averaged time-mean and temporal STD of in situ and satellite SSS and of the ∆SSS;
• Scatterplots of satellite vs in situ SSS by latitudinal bands;
• Time series of the monthly averaged mean and STD of the ∆SSS sorted by latitudinal bands;
• ∆SSS sorted as function of geophysical conditions;
• A summary with tables of statistics and validation metrics.

All analyses are conducted over the user-chosen Pi-MEP Region, satellite/In situ SSS pair and over the full satellite SSS product period. The match-up analysis reports can be accessed using the menu below. To display only the satellite products of a specific processing level, use the drop-down menu "Level" (cf. link for further details on the match-up criteria used for each satellite product level)