@article{fdi:010006317,
  title = {{S}urface salinity of the {N}orth {A}tlantic : can we reconstruct its fluctuations over the last one hundred years ?},
  author = {{R}everdin, {G}. and {C}ayan, {D}. and {D}ooley, {H}.{D}. and {E}llett, {D}.{J}. and {L}evitus, {S}. and {P}enhoat, {Y}ves du and {D}essier, {A}lain},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{S}urface samples have been collected in the {N}orth {A}tlantic in the past one hundred years for determining the ocean salinity and its temperature. {A} large share of the data we have used were collected by merchant vessels of weather ships of {E}uropean countries and to a large extent are listed in reports, in particular in the "{B}ulletin {H}ydrographique". {W}e investigate whether these data are relevant for determining low frequency fluctuations of the sea surface salinity. {W}e find many crossing in the 1920s for which salinity is anomalously high compared with the climatology or with other crossings collected on the same ship line. {T}hese anomalies are indicative of a contamination of the sample. {B}y examining hydrographic data, reports and recent experience in collectionand storage in sea water, we can attribute these large errors to unclean buckets where salt crystals dissolve into the sample and to breathing of the samples during the storage. {E}ach of these stages contributes in estimating a too large salinity and adds to the scatter of the measurements. ({D}'apr{\`e}s r{\'e}sum{\'e} d'auteur)},
  keywords = {{SURFACE} {MARINE} ; {SALINITE} ; {ANOMALIE} ; {VARIATION} {TEMPORELLE} ; {ANALYSE} {STATISTIQUE} ; {VALIDATION} {DE} {RESULTAT} ; {ERREUR} ; {ATLANTIQUE} {TROPICAL}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{P}rogress in {O}ceanography},
  volume = {33},
  numero = {},
  pages = {303--346},
  year = {1994},
  DOI = {10.1016/0079-6611(94)90021-3},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010006317},
}