We are pleased to release the temporal extension of the current global BEC L3 and L4 SSS products for the period January 2020 to May 2021. This new release has been created as part of the European Marine Observation and Data Network Physics (EMODnet Physics) project – EASME/EMFF/2020/3.1.11/Lot4/SI2.838612.
The new time series comprises almost 11 years (2011- mid 2021). A detailed explanation of the algorithm can be found in Olmedo et al. 2021. The performance of the new products for the years 2020 and 2021 when compared with Argo floats are included in the updated BEC Global SSS Products Description .
Please, do not hesitate to contact us in case you have any question or comment at smos-bec@icm.csic.es. Your feedback is most welcome!
Enjoy the products!
The BEC team
https://bec.icm.csic.es