Animation of sea surface salinity from 31 March 2015 to 29 February 2020 based on the 8-day running mean version 4.3 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... (DOI:10.5067/SMP43-3TPCS).