CEOS Member Agencies with interests in and/or mandates for developing and deploying new satellites to measure ocean salinity will coordinate their efforts in consultation with relevant CEOS WGs and VCs.
Requires coordination of potential future missions as well as ongoing missions.? Salinity is a relatively new measurement from space and potential importance noted.? Ongoing plans for missions include:? SMOS, SAC-D (Aquarius); ECV of SSS defined by WGClimate.