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This study utilizes remote sensing products and in situ observations collected by saildrone missions to investigate Sea Surface Salinity (SSS) variability. All Satellite products resolve the large-scale pattern set up by the relatively salty deep basin and the fresh coastal region, but they can be inaccurate near the ice edge and near land. The SSS annual cycle exhibits seasonal maxima in winter to spring, and minima in summer to fall. The amplitude and timing of the seasonal cycle are variable, especially on the eastern Bering Sea shelf. SSS variability recorded by both saildrone, and satellite instruments provide unprecedented insights into short-term oceanic processes including sea ice melting, wind-driven currents during weather events, and river plumes etc. In particular, the Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) satellite demonstrates encouraging skills in capturing the freshening signals induced by spring sea ice melting. The Yukon River plume is another source of intense SSS variability. Surface wind forcing plays an essential role in controlling the horizontal movement of plume water and thereby shaping the SSS seasonal cycle in local regions.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/rs14030758","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,2,6]],"date-time":"2022-02-06T20:38:40Z","timestamp":1644179920000},"page":"758","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":8,"title":["Sea Surface Salinity Variability in the Bering Sea in 2015\u20132020"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"14","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6458-5146","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jian","family":"Zhao","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Horn Point Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Cambridge, MD 21613, USA"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-8064-2908","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Yan","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Ocean Science, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Kowloon, Hong Kong 999077, China"}]},{"given":"Wenjing","family":"Liu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Horn Point Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Cambridge, MD 21613, USA"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2595-6271","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Hongsheng","family":"Bi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Solomons, MD 20688, USA"}]},{"given":"Edward D.","family":"Cokelet","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Seattle, WA 98115, USA"}]},{"given":"Calvin W.","family":"Mordy","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Seattle, WA 98115, USA"},{"name":"Cooperative Institute for Climate, Ocean and Ecosystem Studies, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA"}]},{"given":"Noah","family":"Lawrence-Slavas","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Seattle, WA 98115, USA"}]},{"given":"Christian","family":"Meinig","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Seattle, WA 98115, USA"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,2,6]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Loughlin, T.R., and Ohtani, K. 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