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SPECIAL ISSUE SPONSOR
Production of this issue of Oceanography was
supported by the US National Aeronautics and
Space Administration (NASA).
SPECIAL ISSUE GUEST EDITORS
Eric Lindstrom (NASA), Frank Bryan
(National Center for Atmospheric
Research), and Ray Schmitt (Woods Hole
Oceanographic Institution)
124 Regional Rainfall Measurements Using the Passive Aquatic Listener During
the SPURS Field Campaign
By J. Yang, S.C. Riser, J.A. Nystuen, W.E. Asher, and A.T. Jessup
134 Sharing the Importance of Ocean Salinity Beyond the Scientific Community
By A. deCharon, C. Companion, R. Cope, and L. Taylor
142 Three-Dimensional Dynamics of Freshwater Lenses in the Ocean’s
Near-Surface Layer
By A.V. Soloviev, S. Matt, and A. Fujimura
150 From Salty to Fresh—Salinity Processes in the Upper-ocean Regional
Study-2 (SPURS-2): Diagnosing the Physics of a Rainfall-Dominated
Salinity Minimum
By the SPURS-2 Planning Group
REGULAR ISSUE FEATURE
160 The NOAA Vents Program 1983 to 2013: Thirty Years of Ocean Exploration
and Research
By S.R. Hammond, R.W. Embley, and E.T. Baker
DEPARTMENTS
04
QUARTERDECK. Celebrating Five Years of Ocean Exploration
Supplements to Oceanography
By E.S. Kappel
06
FROM THE PRESIDENT. Ensuring a Healthy Funding Environment
in Ocean Sciences
By M.S. Lozier
07
TRIBUTE. An Old Salt Retires
By R. Schmitt
08
COMMUNITY NEWS. Mark Cane: 2014 Fellow of
The Oceanography Society
Contributed by R. Seager
10
RIPPLE MARKS. Last of the Ice Bears? Climate Change Threatens Iconic
Polar Bears’ Food Sources
By C.L. Dybas
174 BOOK REVIEWS. An Introduction to Ocean Remote Sensing • Sea-Level
Science: Understanding Tides, Surges, Tsunamis and Mean Sea-Level
Changes • Double Diffusive Convection
181 CAREER PROFILES. Robert L. Burger, Associate Dean, Faculty of Arts and
Sciences, Yale University • Heather M.H. Goldstone, Science Editor, WGBH
and WCAI National Public Radio Stations
160
ON THE COVER
A montage of photographs from a SPURS cruise on R/V Knorr (cour-
tesy of Eric Lindstrom, NASA Headquarters) and a map depict-
ing annual mean ocean surface salinity in the Atlantic Ocean
(September 2012–September 2013) from NASA’s Aquarius satel-
lite (courtesy of Oleg Melnichenko, University of Hawaii). Red color
indicates higher salinity, while yellow and then blue are progres-
sively fresher waters. SPURS examined the saltiest waters in the
middle of the North Atlantic basin.
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