@incollection{fdi:010072190, title = {{S}ea surface salinity signatures of tropical instability waves : new evidences from {SMOS}}, author = {{Y}in, {X}. and {B}outin, {J}. and {R}everdin, {G}. and {L}ee, {T}. and {A}rnault, {S}abine and {M}artin, {N}.}, editor = {}, language = {{ENG}}, abstract = {{S}ea {S}urface {S}alinity ({SSS}) measurements from the {S}oil {M}oisture and {O}cean {S}alinity ({SMOS}) mission during 3 years ({J}une 2010-{M}ay 2013) provide an unprecedented opportunity to observe the salinity structure of {T}ropical {I}nstability {W}aves ({TIW}s) from space. {T}he variations of {SMOS} {SSS} signals follow {T}ropical {A}tmosphere {O}cean ({TAO}) {SSS} signals with high correlation coefficients and close peak amplitudes at 5 locations where strong {TIW} signals are observed in {TAO} {SSS}. {T}he east-west contrast in peak amplitudes of {SMOS} {SSS} signals is stronger than {OSTIA} {SST} signals. {B}and of negative correlations between {SSS} and {SST} signals appears just north of the equator west of 100 degrees {W} and around 8 degrees {N} west of 110 degrees {W} for the 33-day signals.}, keywords = {{PACIFIQUE} ; {ZONE} {EQUATORIALE}}, booktitle = {2014 {IEEE} international geoscience and remote sensing symposium proceedings}, numero = {}, pages = {4435--4438}, address = {{P}iscataway}, publisher = {{IEEE}}, series = {}, year = {2014}, DOI = {10.1109/igarss.2014.6947475}, ISBN = {978-1-4799-5775-0}, URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010072190}, }