Animation of sea surface salinity from 31 March 2015 to 9 November 2020 based on the 8-day running mean version 5.0 Level 3 NASA Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) dataset from JPL. The dataset can be accessed from the PO.DAAC Portal at https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/dataset/SMAP_JPL_L3_SSS_CAP_8DAY-RUNNINGMEAN_V5  (DOI: 10.5067/SMP50-3TPCS).