format: '1.1'
variable: salt
title: SALT Validation Statistics
created: '2026-05-08 11:03:44'
area: AMM7
experiment: CMEMS
author: RT
project: OceanICU
institute: BB
periods:
- period: 2016-2023
  is_all_period: true
  model: pyGETM
  analysed: '2026-05-29 09:47:15'
  datasets:
    WOA:
      rmse: 0.619283
      bias: -0.121168
      mae: 0.243499
      correlation: 0.686135
      n_points: 115591776
      mean_model: 35.162022
      mean_obs: 35.283185
      std_model: 0.824578
      std_obs: 0.470913
      error_distribution:
        min: -21.755004
        p05: -0.728686
        p25: -0.157722
        median: -0.010201
        p75: 0.080696
        p95: 0.284251
        max: 8.290044
      monthly:
        Jan:
          variable: Jan
          n_points: 9632648
          rmse: 0.420298
          bias: -0.080424
          mae: 0.20699
          correlation: 0.714546
          mean_model: 35.216747
          mean_obs: 35.297172
          std_model: 0.588288
          std_obs: 0.392055
          min_diff: -15.98522
          max_diff: 5.860394
          p05_diff: -0.651325
          p25_diff: -0.146222
          p50_diff: -0.005467
          p75_diff: 0.092335
          p95_diff: 0.283577
        Feb:
          variable: Feb
          n_points: 9632648
          rmse: 0.436031
          bias: -0.072979
          mae: 0.213921
          correlation: 0.704272
          mean_model: 35.213604
          mean_obs: 35.286583
          std_model: 0.605413
          std_obs: 0.434604
          min_diff: -17.142738
          max_diff: 7.021756
          p05_diff: -0.655967
          p25_diff: -0.145862
          p50_diff: -0.002644
          p75_diff: 0.094412
          p95_diff: 0.292616
        Mar:
          variable: Mar
          n_points: 9632648
          rmse: 0.472538
          bias: -0.086976
          mae: 0.215424
          correlation: 0.727821
          mean_model: 35.198429
          mean_obs: 35.285406
          std_model: 0.677168
          std_obs: 0.483955
          min_diff: -18.251198
          max_diff: 8.290044
          p05_diff: -0.674324
          p25_diff: -0.1438
          p50_diff: -0.002802
          p75_diff: 0.086221
          p95_diff: 0.285024
        Apr:
          variable: Apr
          n_points: 9632648
          rmse: 0.537232
          bias: -0.111396
          mae: 0.226386
          correlation: 0.743619
          mean_model: 35.177536
          mean_obs: 35.288932
          std_model: 0.771497
          std_obs: 0.473034
          min_diff: -19.573992
          max_diff: 6.544753
          p05_diff: -0.718406
          p25_diff: -0.158201
          p50_diff: -0.01051
          p75_diff: 0.075909
          p95_diff: 0.274046
        May:
          variable: May
          n_points: 9632648
          rmse: 0.676556
          bias: -0.135309
          mae: 0.255076
          correlation: 0.711003
          mean_model: 35.146957
          mean_obs: 35.282264
          std_model: 0.91679
          std_obs: 0.49753
          min_diff: -20.422643
          max_diff: 5.362454
          p05_diff: -0.76595
          p25_diff: -0.16279
          p50_diff: -0.01111
          p75_diff: 0.078838
          p95_diff: 0.28319
        Jun:
          variable: Jun
          n_points: 9632648
          rmse: 0.814803
          bias: -0.167631
          mae: 0.283255
          correlation: 0.671576
          mean_model: 35.116104
          mean_obs: 35.283735
          std_model: 1.045956
          std_obs: 0.514821
          min_diff: -21.755004
          max_diff: 6.343975
          p05_diff: -0.79823
          p25_diff: -0.171609
          p50_diff: -0.014754
          p75_diff: 0.0748
          p95_diff: 0.280048
        Jul:
          variable: Jul
          n_points: 9632648
          rmse: 0.806029
          bias: -0.169873
          mae: 0.285494
          correlation: 0.685822
          mean_model: 35.106205
          mean_obs: 35.276077
          std_model: 1.043356
          std_obs: 0.505184
          min_diff: -18.511999
          max_diff: 6.351058
          p05_diff: -0.823583
          p25_diff: -0.168541
          p50_diff: -0.013498
          p75_diff: 0.075759
          p95_diff: 0.282362
        Aug:
          variable: Aug
          n_points: 9632648
          rmse: 0.775642
          bias: -0.163212
          mae: 0.281766
          correlation: 0.659981
          mean_model: 35.112766
          mean_obs: 35.27598
          std_model: 0.987952
          std_obs: 0.496866
          min_diff: -17.879846
          max_diff: 6.548025
          p05_diff: -0.800526
          p25_diff: -0.166096
          p50_diff: -0.013342
          p75_diff: 0.077031
          p95_diff: 0.28512
        Sep:
          variable: Sep
          n_points: 9632648
          rmse: 0.736224
          bias: -0.151475
          mae: 0.271673
          correlation: 0.65235
          mean_model: 35.128468
          mean_obs: 35.279942
          std_model: 0.927518
          std_obs: 0.447275
          min_diff: -18.926499
          max_diff: 4.65777
          p05_diff: -0.775846
          p25_diff: -0.164177
          p50_diff: -0.012514
          p75_diff: 0.079745
          p95_diff: 0.292846
        Oct:
          variable: Oct
          n_points: 9632648
          rmse: 0.565429
          bias: -0.104973
          mae: 0.239901
          correlation: 0.704767
          mean_model: 35.15604
          mean_obs: 35.261014
          std_model: 0.782986
          std_obs: 0.563309
          min_diff: -17.360555
          max_diff: 6.271367
          p05_diff: -0.721407
          p25_diff: -0.158641
          p50_diff: -0.01439
          p75_diff: 0.078073
          p95_diff: 0.295411
        Nov:
          variable: Nov
          n_points: 9632648
          rmse: 0.494533
          bias: -0.105408
          mae: 0.223703
          correlation: 0.713982
          mean_model: 35.180233
          mean_obs: 35.285642
          std_model: 0.68355
          std_obs: 0.421742
          min_diff: -16.870823
          max_diff: 4.640126
          p05_diff: -0.713099
          p25_diff: -0.156107
          p50_diff: -0.012775
          p75_diff: 0.081616
          p95_diff: 0.281108
        Dec:
          variable: Dec
          n_points: 9632648
          rmse: 0.49418
          bias: -0.104354
          mae: 0.218404
          correlation: 0.689158
          mean_model: 35.19112
          mean_obs: 35.295476
          std_model: 0.659977
          std_obs: 0.386834
          min_diff: -15.422273
          max_diff: 3.393884
          p05_diff: -0.701099
          p25_diff: -0.153173
          p50_diff: -0.013115
          p75_diff: 0.075163
          p95_diff: 0.277436