format: '1.1'
variable: salt
title: SALT Validation Statistics
created: '2026-05-07 08:29:01'
area: AMM7
experiment: Baseline
author: RT
project: OceanICU
institute: BB
periods:
- period: 2016-2023
  is_all_period: true
  model: pyGETM
  analysed: '2026-05-07 19:16:30'
  datasets:
    WOA:
      rmse: 0.391867
      bias: -0.027678
      mae: 0.198078
      correlation: 0.600724
      n_points: 115638048
      mean_model: 35.25481
      mean_obs: 35.282487
      std_model: 0.379836
      std_obs: 0.474313
      error_distribution:
        min: -14.485402
        p05: -0.63323
        p25: -0.10514
        median: 0.008842
        p75: 0.107184
        p95: 0.316648
        max: 14.916039
      monthly:
        Jan:
          variable: Jan
          n_points: 9636504
          rmse: 0.322094
          bias: -0.021038
          mae: 0.183486
          correlation: 0.637204
          mean_model: 35.275784
          mean_obs: 35.296821
          std_model: 0.357254
          std_obs: 0.393454
          min_diff: -11.55407
          max_diff: 11.587582
          p05_diff: -0.591433
          p25_diff: -0.087017
          p50_diff: 0.012188
          p75_diff: 0.117119
          p95_diff: 0.314526
        Feb:
          variable: Feb
          n_points: 9636504
          rmse: 0.369936
          bias: -0.010624
          mae: 0.194136
          correlation: 0.587781
          mean_model: 35.275249
          mean_obs: 35.285873
          std_model: 0.362852
          std_obs: 0.438145
          min_diff: -12.310647
          max_diff: 13.990745
          p05_diff: -0.598132
          p25_diff: -0.084789
          p50_diff: 0.016489
          p75_diff: 0.121749
          p95_diff: 0.328992
        Mar:
          variable: Mar
          n_points: 9636504
          rmse: 0.399536
          bias: -0.014391
          mae: 0.19328
          correlation: 0.60245
          mean_model: 35.270378
          mean_obs: 35.284767
          std_model: 0.381166
          std_obs: 0.488218
          min_diff: -14.485402
          max_diff: 14.103071
          p05_diff: -0.60243
          p25_diff: -0.089815
          p50_diff: 0.018404
          p75_diff: 0.119959
          p95_diff: 0.314753
        Apr:
          variable: Apr
          n_points: 9636504
          rmse: 0.394675
          bias: -0.025767
          mae: 0.196172
          correlation: 0.605067
          mean_model: 35.262566
          mean_obs: 35.288337
          std_model: 0.395052
          std_obs: 0.476045
          min_diff: -9.684056
          max_diff: 14.728215
          p05_diff: -0.624423
          p25_diff: -0.100579
          p50_diff: 0.011302
          p75_diff: 0.107884
          p95_diff: 0.311922
        May:
          variable: May
          n_points: 9636504
          rmse: 0.417927
          bias: -0.028318
          mae: 0.201708
          correlation: 0.592936
          mean_model: 35.252892
          mean_obs: 35.281207
          std_model: 0.39817
          std_obs: 0.502659
          min_diff: -7.772779
          max_diff: 14.916039
          p05_diff: -0.641679
          p25_diff: -0.10858
          p50_diff: 0.010758
          p75_diff: 0.107834
          p95_diff: 0.317872
        Jun:
          variable: Jun
          n_points: 9636504
          rmse: 0.441346
          bias: -0.03854
          mae: 0.208148
          correlation: 0.572533
          mean_model: 35.244049
          mean_obs: 35.282585
          std_model: 0.406292
          std_obs: 0.519561
          min_diff: -10.261289
          max_diff: 14.456866
          p05_diff: -0.66464
          p25_diff: -0.127829
          p50_diff: 0.005658
          p75_diff: 0.102756
          p95_diff: 0.305763
        Jul:
          variable: Jul
          n_points: 9636504
          rmse: 0.421008
          bias: -0.032722
          mae: 0.209754
          correlation: 0.59341
          mean_model: 35.242489
          mean_obs: 35.27521
          std_model: 0.39455
          std_obs: 0.508582
          min_diff: -8.747448
          max_diff: 13.6586
          p05_diff: -0.67182
          p25_diff: -0.119268
          p50_diff: 0.00782
          p75_diff: 0.103981
          p95_diff: 0.319007
        Aug:
          variable: Aug
          n_points: 9636504
          rmse: 0.418204
          bias: -0.034548
          mae: 0.20626
          correlation: 0.584088
          mean_model: 35.240822
          mean_obs: 35.275372
          std_model: 0.388063
          std_obs: 0.49958
          min_diff: -10.26221
          max_diff: 14.913254
          p05_diff: -0.67239
          p25_diff: -0.11696
          p50_diff: 0.005555
          p75_diff: 0.107096
          p95_diff: 0.319804
        Sep:
          variable: Sep
          n_points: 9636504
          rmse: 0.374165
          bias: -0.038137
          mae: 0.198513
          correlation: 0.611423
          mean_model: 35.241261
          mean_obs: 35.2794
          std_model: 0.383691
          std_obs: 0.449916
          min_diff: -9.837312
          max_diff: 12.729838
          p05_diff: -0.652981
          p25_diff: -0.117081
          p50_diff: 0.007029
          p75_diff: 0.104946
          p95_diff: 0.317374
        Oct:
          variable: Oct
          n_points: 9636504
          rmse: 0.453444
          bias: -0.015584
          mae: 0.21182
          correlation: 0.604012
          mean_model: 35.244602
          mean_obs: 35.260188
          std_model: 0.367148
          std_obs: 0.56781
          min_diff: -7.802414
          max_diff: 12.034808
          p05_diff: -0.634991
          p25_diff: -0.110703
          p50_diff: 0.005972
          p75_diff: 0.10172
          p95_diff: 0.332137
        Nov:
          variable: Nov
          n_points: 9636504
          rmse: 0.341082
          bias: -0.034773
          mae: 0.189501
          correlation: 0.636959
          mean_model: 35.250378
          mean_obs: 35.285149
          std_model: 0.360832
          std_obs: 0.424135
          min_diff: -9.538503
          max_diff: 10.585654
          p05_diff: -0.626361
          p25_diff: -0.107081
          p50_diff: 0.006096
          p75_diff: 0.100125
          p95_diff: 0.311285
        Dec:
          variable: Dec
          n_points: 9636504
          rmse: 0.321226
          bias: -0.037693
          mae: 0.184164
          correlation: 0.636382
          mean_model: 35.257233
          mean_obs: 35.294929
          std_model: 0.355849
          std_obs: 0.388997
          min_diff: -11.883098
          max_diff: 9.423128
          p05_diff: -0.617303
          p25_diff: -0.101624
          p50_diff: 0.003961
          p75_diff: 0.094577
          p95_diff: 0.309993