1. Bias correction for the XCTD salinity profiles The following values were added to the XCTD salinity profiles to correct the XCTD salinity biases. 13610101.XCT Correction value was not estimated. 13610201.XCT 0.0123 13610301.XCT 0.0404 13610401.XCT 0.0255 13610501.XCT 0.0201 13610601.XCT 0.0298 13610701.XCT 0.0453 13610801.XCT 0.0182 13610901.XCT 0.0390 13611001.XCT 0.0290 13611101.XCT 0.0152 13611201.XCT 0.0298 13611301.XCT 0.0279 13611401.XCT 0.0136 2. Correction for the XCTD salinity profiles The XCTD salinity profiles were corrected by using the following equation: S_corrected = S_original - (c0 + c1 * t) c0 = 0.0885337652561553 c1 = -0.00627899044369896 where t is temperature (degC) and c0 and c1 are the correction coefficients.