format: '1.1'
variable: salt_surface
title: SALT_SURFACE Validation Statistics
created: '2026-05-28 10:10:48'
area: AMM7
experiment: CMEMS_prof
author: RT
project: OceanICU
institute: BB
periods:
- period: 2016-2023
  is_all_period: true
  model: pyGETM
  analysed: '2026-05-28 10:10:48'
  datasets:
    CCI-SSS:
      rmse: 0.886559
      bias: 0.080193
      mae: 0.435394
      correlation: 0.831823
      n_points: 170735828
      mean_model: 34.978202
      mean_obs: 34.902445
      std_model: 1.598301
      std_obs: 1.173049
      error_distribution:
        min: -32.526789
        p05: -0.907898
        p25: -0.045248
        median: 0.11358
        p75: 0.324887
        p95: 1.071694
        max: 12.119409
      monthly:
        Jan:
          variable: salt_surface
          n_points: 14461407
          rmse: 0.811218
          bias: 0.082747
          mae: 0.383878
          correlation: 0.806885
          mean_model: 35.079033
          mean_obs: 35.00317
          std_model: 1.366494
          std_obs: 0.961619
          min_diff: -29.868346
          max_diff: 8.358877
          p05_diff: -0.693951
          p25_diff: -0.035181
          p50_diff: 0.110923
          p75_diff: 0.326664
          p95_diff: 0.904484
        Feb:
          variable: salt_surface
          n_points: 13231788
          rmse: 0.853493
          bias: 0.069972
          mae: 0.377087
          correlation: 0.798856
          mean_model: 35.068764
          mean_obs: 35.002665
          std_model: 1.408957
          std_obs: 0.987661
          min_diff: -32.526789
          max_diff: 8.654946
          p05_diff: -0.665289
          p25_diff: -0.032547
          p50_diff: 0.101617
          p75_diff: 0.318842
          p95_diff: 0.846713
        Mar:
          variable: salt_surface
          n_points: 14501521
          rmse: 0.94495
          bias: 0.086334
          mae: 0.415523
          correlation: 0.786182
          mean_model: 35.032917
          mean_obs: 34.950586
          std_model: 1.524897
          std_obs: 1.088209
          min_diff: -31.459435
          max_diff: 11.783735
          p05_diff: -0.693837
          p25_diff: -0.033915
          p50_diff: 0.096786
          p75_diff: 0.324458
          p95_diff: 1.040495
        Apr:
          variable: salt_surface
          n_points: 14024650
          rmse: 0.927806
          bias: 0.09598
          mae: 0.441001
          correlation: 0.809329
          mean_model: 34.998077
          mean_obs: 34.906137
          std_model: 1.574666
          std_obs: 1.191308
          min_diff: -27.381777
          max_diff: 12.049518
          p05_diff: -0.840456
          p25_diff: -0.039979
          p50_diff: 0.102979
          p75_diff: 0.341324
          p95_diff: 1.122561
        May:
          variable: salt_surface
          n_points: 14496044
          rmse: 0.889695
          bias: 0.085859
          mae: 0.438679
          correlation: 0.860671
          mean_model: 34.953842
          mean_obs: 34.871338
          std_model: 1.711119
          std_obs: 1.290921
          min_diff: -28.104616
          max_diff: 11.012845
          p05_diff: -0.903814
          p25_diff: -0.047572
          p50_diff: 0.107337
          p75_diff: 0.316389
          p95_diff: 1.111514
        Jun:
          variable: salt_surface
          n_points: 14033730
          rmse: 0.959347
          bias: 0.075262
          mae: 0.468121
          correlation: 0.866556
          mean_model: 34.889862
          mean_obs: 34.81754
          std_model: 1.858119
          std_obs: 1.360434
          min_diff: -27.40173
          max_diff: 12.119409
          p05_diff: -0.985971
          p25_diff: -0.047214
          p50_diff: 0.118876
          p75_diff: 0.334314
          p95_diff: 1.151192
        Jul:
          variable: salt_surface
          n_points: 14480352
          rmse: 0.903327
          bias: 0.040605
          mae: 0.458494
          correlation: 0.869469
          mean_model: 34.866463
          mean_obs: 34.829723
          std_model: 1.780758
          std_obs: 1.328526
          min_diff: -25.705544
          max_diff: 8.994152
          p05_diff: -1.197883
          p25_diff: -0.060151
          p50_diff: 0.114315
          p75_diff: 0.319194
          p95_diff: 1.038916
        Aug:
          variable: salt_surface
          n_points: 14499583
          rmse: 0.94572
          bias: 0.050947
          mae: 0.482955
          correlation: 0.848199
          mean_model: 34.876869
          mean_obs: 34.828954
          std_model: 1.747552
          std_obs: 1.275503
          min_diff: -27.315471
          max_diff: 11.76624
          p05_diff: -1.225232
          p25_diff: -0.061894
          p50_diff: 0.122136
          p75_diff: 0.337797
          p95_diff: 1.13053
        Sep:
          variable: salt_surface
          n_points: 14022031
          rmse: 0.939513
          bias: 0.062428
          mae: 0.475062
          correlation: 0.844425
          mean_model: 34.908371
          mean_obs: 34.849986
          std_model: 1.714777
          std_obs: 1.234991
          min_diff: -26.38374
          max_diff: 8.435866
          p05_diff: -1.162415
          p25_diff: -0.05125
          p50_diff: 0.12602
          p75_diff: 0.332935
          p95_diff: 1.129376
        Oct:
          variable: salt_surface
          n_points: 14482955
          rmse: 0.856366
          bias: 0.099388
          mae: 0.445096
          correlation: 0.826242
          mean_model: 34.981441
          mean_obs: 34.887097
          std_model: 1.515208
          std_obs: 1.168685
          min_diff: -25.059386
          max_diff: 11.157067
          p05_diff: -0.942699
          p25_diff: -0.051845
          p50_diff: 0.117298
          p75_diff: 0.329929
          p95_diff: 1.188655
        Nov:
          variable: salt_surface
          n_points: 14024550
          rmse: 0.851716
          bias: 0.130261
          mae: 0.437085
          correlation: 0.805429
          mean_model: 35.035492
          mean_obs: 34.910089
          std_model: 1.42771
          std_obs: 1.074379
          min_diff: -27.954777
          max_diff: 8.784635
          p05_diff: -0.784393
          p25_diff: -0.040165
          p50_diff: 0.115529
          p75_diff: 0.343954
          p95_diff: 1.243412
        Dec:
          variable: salt_surface
          n_points: 14477217
          rmse: 0.820074
          bias: 0.083031
          mae: 0.399098
          correlation: 0.822572
          mean_model: 35.052723
          mean_obs: 34.976992
          std_model: 1.422332
          std_obs: 0.991869
          min_diff: -28.166947
          max_diff: 7.993263
          p05_diff: -0.772886
          p25_diff: -0.047816
          p50_diff: 0.098007
          p75_diff: 0.310148
          p95_diff: 1.020518
- period: '2016'
  is_all_period: false
  model: pyGETM
  analysed: '2026-05-28 10:10:48'
  datasets:
    CCI-SSS:
      rmse: 0.85731
      bias: 0.115144
      mae: 0.430279
      correlation: 0.851048
      n_points: 24460506
      mean_model: 34.999869
      mean_obs: 34.887502
      std_model: 1.603872
      std_obs: 1.166423
      error_distribution:
        min: -26.05353
        p05: -0.727599
        p25: -0.02535
        median: 0.132593
        p75: 0.353662
        p95: 1.059252
        max: 12.119409
- period: '2017'
  is_all_period: false
  model: pyGETM
  analysed: '2026-05-28 10:10:48'
  datasets:
    CCI-SSS:
      rmse: 0.842605
      bias: 0.055888
      mae: 0.395582
      correlation: 0.841402
      n_points: 24395369
      mean_model: 34.980029
      mean_obs: 34.926779
      std_model: 1.560328
      std_obs: 1.168568
      error_distribution:
        min: -28.166947
        p05: -0.837184
        p25: -0.064023
        median: 0.075362
        p75: 0.264531
        p95: 1.016441
        max: 9.150617
- period: '2018'
  is_all_period: false
  model: pyGETM
  analysed: '2026-05-28 10:10:48'
  datasets:
    CCI-SSS:
      rmse: 0.826714
      bias: 0.086777
      mae: 0.395319
      correlation: 0.833283
      n_points: 24338489
      mean_model: 35.023081
      mean_obs: 34.940702
      std_model: 1.483215
      std_obs: 1.162166
      error_distribution:
        min: -29.868346
        p05: -0.702655
        p25: -0.049688
        median: 0.10824
        p75: 0.306233
        p95: 0.957848
        max: 12.049518
- period: '2019'
  is_all_period: false
  model: pyGETM
  analysed: '2026-05-28 10:10:48'
  datasets:
    CCI-SSS:
      rmse: 0.82165
      bias: 0.109956
      mae: 0.419678
      correlation: 0.82863
      n_points: 24377458
      mean_model: 35.006373
      mean_obs: 34.899823
      std_model: 1.471675
      std_obs: 1.154913
      error_distribution:
        min: -29.582363
        p05: -0.754609
        p25: -0.042373
        median: 0.119839
        p75: 0.338108
        p95: 1.092064
        max: 9.262693
- period: '2020'
  is_all_period: false
  model: pyGETM
  analysed: '2026-05-28 10:10:48'
  datasets:
    CCI-SSS:
      rmse: 0.896757
      bias: 0.102918
      mae: 0.437718
      correlation: 0.810304
      n_points: 24422636
      mean_model: 34.983704
      mean_obs: 34.887874
      std_model: 1.570483
      std_obs: 1.191571
      error_distribution:
        min: -29.129671
        p05: -0.822407
        p25: -0.039703
        median: 0.105214
        p75: 0.319812
        p95: 1.168065
        max: 8.994152
- period: '2021'
  is_all_period: false
  model: pyGETM
  analysed: '2026-05-28 10:10:48'
  datasets:
    CCI-SSS:
      rmse: 0.950512
      bias: 0.02006
      mae: 0.472118
      correlation: 0.840265
      n_points: 24370685
      mean_model: 34.895267
      mean_obs: 34.880688
      std_model: 1.752202
      std_obs: 1.206071
      error_distribution:
        min: -28.104616
        p05: -1.302872
        p25: -0.050371
        median: 0.121621
        p75: 0.327354
        p95: 1.007571
        max: 11.76624
- period: '2022'
  is_all_period: false
  model: pyGETM
  analysed: '2026-05-28 10:10:48'
  datasets:
    CCI-SSS:
      rmse: 1.00832
      bias: 0.070453
      mae: 0.497069
      correlation: 0.817995
      n_points: 24370685
      mean_model: 34.959034
      mean_obs: 34.893863
      std_model: 1.721063
      std_obs: 1.159401
      error_distribution:
        min: -32.526789
        p05: -1.139255
        p25: -0.044573
        median: 0.125219
        p75: 0.355204
        p95: 1.183726
        max: 10.750207
