1. Bias correction for the XCTD salinity profiles The following values were added to the XCTD salinity profiles to correct the XCTD salinity biases. 14511001.XCT 0.0157 14511101.XCT 0.0158 14511201.XCT 0.0422 14511301.XCT 0.0314 14511401.XCT 0.0368 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 = 0.0670646593323146 c1 = -0.00475635881789465 where t is temperature (degC) and c0 and c1 are the correction coefficients.