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VOL. 32, NO. 2, JUNE 2019
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FROM THE GUEST EDITORS. SPURS-2: Salinity Processes in the Upper-
ocean Regional Study 2 – The Eastern Equatorial Pacific Experiment
By E.J. Lindstrom, J.B. Edson, J.J. Schanze, and A.Y. Shcherbina
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Patterns of SSS Variability in the Eastern Tropical Pacific: Intraseasonal to
Interannual Timescales from Seven Years of NASA Satellite Data
By O. Melnichenko, P. Hacker, F.M. Bingham, and T. Lee
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On the Factors Driving Upper-Ocean Salinity Variability at the Western
Edge of the Eastern Pacific Fresh Pool
By J.T. Farrar and A.J. Plueddemann
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SIDEBAR. Upper-Ocean Salinity Stratification During SPURS-2
By J. Sprintall
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Observations of Large-Scale Rainfall, Wind, and Sea Surface Salinity
Variability in the Eastern Tropical Pacific
By S.C. Riser, J. Yang, and R. Drucker
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Deployment of the SEA-POL C-band Polarimetric Radar to SPURS-2
By S.A. Rutledge, V. Chandrasekar, B. Fuchs, J. George, F. Junyent, P. Kennedy,
and B. Dolan
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High-Resolution Rain Maps from an X-band Marine Radar and Their Use
in Understanding Ocean Freshening
By E.J. Thompson, W.E. Asher, A.T. Jessup, and K. Drushka
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Observations of Near-Surface Salinity and Temperature Structure with
Dual-Sensor Lagrangian Drifters During SPURS-2
By D.L. Volkov, S. Dong, G.R. Foltz, G. Goni, and R. Lumpkin
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Capturing Fresh Layers with the Surface Salinity Profiler
By K. Drushka, W.E. Asher, A.T. Jessup, E.J. Thompson, S. Iyer, and D. Clark
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Effects of Rainfall on the Atmosphere and the Ocean During SPURS-2
By C.A. Clayson, J.B. Edson, A. Paget, R. Graham, and B. Greenwood
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Rain and Sun Create Slippery Layers in the Eastern Pacific Fresh Pool
By A.Y. Shcherbina, E.A. D’Asaro, and R.R. Harcourt
108 Estimating Rain-Generated Turbulence at the Ocean Surface Using the
Active Controlled Flux Technique
By W.E. Asher, K. Drushka, A.T. Jessup, E.J. Thompson, and D. Clark
116 Novel and Flexible Approach to Access the Open Ocean: Uses of Sailing
Research Vessel Lady Amber During SPURS-2
By L. Rainville, L.R. Centurioni, W.E. Asher, C.A. Clayson, K. Drushka, J.B. Edson,
B.A. Hodges, V. Hormann, J.T. Farrar, J.J. Schanze, and A.Y. Shcherbina
122 Comparing Air-Sea Flux Measurements from a New Unmanned Surface
Vehicle and Proven Platforms During the SPURS-2 Field Campaign
By D. Zhang, M.F. Cronin, C. Meinig, J.T. Farrar, R. Jenkins, D. Peacock, J. Keene,
A. Sutton, and Q. Yang
SPECIAL ISSUE ON SPURS-2:
SALINITY PROCESSES IN THE UPPER-OCEAN
REGIONAL STUDY 2
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NEC
NECC
Eastern Pacific
Fresh Pool
125°12’W
125°6’W
125°12’W
125°6’W
27.75
27.80
27.85
27.90
27.95
33.15
33.20
33.25
33.30
33.35
20
40
60
80
Wind Speed
Rain Rate
SALINITY
Temperature 2 m
Temperature 1 m
Snake (0 m)
12
16
13:00
14:00
15:00
13:00
14:00
15:00
13:00
14:00
15:00
33.6
33.4
33.2
33.0
32.8
32.6
27.7
27.8
27.9
28.0
28.1
R/V Revelle
Lady Amber
R/V Revelle
Lady Amber
9°12’N
9°10’N
9°8’N
9°6’N
9°4’N
9°12’N
9°10’N
9°8’N
9°6’N
9°4’N
Salinity 2 m
Salinity 1 m
Snake (0 m)
°C
mm hr–1
m s–1
°C