25-Jan-18
Public Release of the NASA/GSFC AQUARIUS RFI Level 3, Version 1.0 Product by the PO.DAAC
07-Dec-17
Official NASA Aquarius/SAC-D Version 5.0 End-of-Mission Data Set Released
26-July-17
Gary Lagerloef Selected as Recipient of the Verner E. Suomi Award
17-Jan-17
Aquarius Scientist Receives International Award
18-Nov-16
Satellite Salinity Data Available from SMAP
16-May-16
Study Offers Clues to Better Rainfall Predictions
03-Mar-16
Ocean Surface Salinity from NASA's SMAP (Soil Moisture Active Passive) Platform
17-Jun-15
SAC-D Aquarius: Los Logros de una Exitosa Misión Satelital Argentina
17-Jun-15
International Spacecraft Carrying NASA's Aquarius Instrument Ends Operations
16-May-15
Dark Material on Jupiter's Moon Could Be Sea Salt
10-Apr-17
PO.DAAC Releases Newly Redesigned State of the Ocean Visualization Tool
24-Jan-17
Global Ocean Salinity and the Water Cycle Workshop (May 22-26, 2017)
03-May-16
Aquarius v4.0 Dataset Released
17-Mar-16
NASA Aquarius Data Training Workshop
24-Sep-15
2015 Aquarius/SAC-D/Ocean Salinity Science Team Meeting Scheduled
11-Sep-15
New Aquarius Data Visualizations Now Available From NASA SVS
20-July-15
Official NASA Aquarius/SAC-D Version 4.0 Mission Data Set Released
18-Jun-15
PI Announcement to Science Team and Broader Science Community
16-Apr-15
Just Published! SPURS: Salinity Processes in the Upper-ocean Regional Study - The North Atlantic Experiment
Using Hovmöller Plots to Better Understand Temperature and Salinity
Learn what a Hovmöller plot is and how it can be used
Aquarius Studies Our Salty Seas
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The Role of Salt
A defining characteristic of ocean water
Water Cycle Processes and the Ocean
86% of evaporation and 78% of precipitation occur over the ocean
The Effects of Temperature on Density and Circulation
Temperature and salinity drive ocean circulation
The Ocean's Influence on Climate
Ocean heat controls climate
The Effects of Water Cycle Changes on the Ocean
The water cycle is accelerating
The Effects of Density-Driven Circulation on Climate
The ocean plays a critical role in regulating Earth's carbon balance
Technology & Collaboration
The Aquarius/SAC-D mission provides critical, long-term, global-scale salinity data