format: '1.1'
variable: salt_surface
title: SALT_SURFACE Validation Statistics
created: '2026-05-05 09:14:25'
area: AMM7
experiment: ObsKd
author: RT
project: OceanICU
institute: BB
periods:
- period: 2016-2023
  is_all_period: true
  model: pyGETM
  analysed: '2026-05-05 09:14:25'
  datasets:
    CCI-SSS:
      rmse: 1.017456
      bias: 0.302848
      mae: 0.456522
      correlation: 0.592348
      n_points: 195106513
      mean_model: 35.199175
      mean_obs: 34.900899
      std_model: 0.918923
      std_obs: 1.177171
      error_distribution:
        min: -32.442174
        p05: -0.256605
        p25: 0.019604
        median: 0.165872
        p75: 0.422856
        p95: 1.35741
        max: 16.348258
      monthly:
        Jan:
          variable: salt_surface
          n_points: 16531246
          rmse: 0.849616
          bias: 0.252356
          mae: 0.398965
          correlation: 0.615972
          mean_model: 35.244537
          mean_obs: 34.998849
          std_model: 0.901944
          std_obs: 0.964518
          min_diff: -29.770376
          max_diff: 12.41014
          p05_diff: -0.22393
          p25_diff: 0.029192
          p50_diff: 0.173081
          p75_diff: 0.415563
          p95_diff: 1.066175
        Feb:
          variable: salt_surface
          n_points: 15101320
          rmse: 0.918691
          bias: 0.243942
          mae: 0.407009
          correlation: 0.578028
          mean_model: 35.233456
          mean_obs: 34.993882
          std_model: 0.953973
          std_obs: 0.988358
          min_diff: -32.442174
          max_diff: 14.071617
          p05_diff: -0.23201
          p25_diff: 0.031482
          p50_diff: 0.168584
          p75_diff: 0.403203
          p95_diff: 1.05068
        Mar:
          variable: salt_surface
          n_points: 16571360
          rmse: 1.021173
          bias: 0.267305
          mae: 0.449363
          correlation: 0.5553
          mean_model: 35.212585
          mean_obs: 34.949767
          std_model: 1.009614
          std_obs: 1.0892
          min_diff: -31.494947
          max_diff: 14.73824
          p05_diff: -0.259671
          p25_diff: 0.026225
          p50_diff: 0.163151
          p75_diff: 0.423151
          p95_diff: 1.256306
        Apr:
          variable: salt_surface
          n_points: 16027720
          rmse: 1.070573
          bias: 0.293965
          mae: 0.475819
          correlation: 0.560821
          mean_model: 35.196316
          mean_obs: 34.906861
          std_model: 0.984209
          std_obs: 1.187899
          min_diff: -27.986903
          max_diff: 15.15601
          p05_diff: -0.276275
          p25_diff: 0.017738
          p50_diff: 0.159546
          p75_diff: 0.430332
          p95_diff: 1.428843
        May:
          variable: salt_surface
          n_points: 16565883
          rmse: 1.095789
          bias: 0.313908
          mae: 0.475812
          correlation: 0.594992
          mean_model: 35.182259
          mean_obs: 34.872147
          std_model: 0.942083
          std_obs: 1.290396
          min_diff: -27.700101
          max_diff: 16.078644
          p05_diff: -0.285884
          p25_diff: 0.012415
          p50_diff: 0.158718
          p75_diff: 0.419799
          p95_diff: 1.397287
        Jun:
          variable: salt_surface
          n_points: 16036800
          rmse: 1.159914
          bias: 0.354032
          mae: 0.507421
          correlation: 0.594164
          mean_model: 35.162117
          mean_obs: 34.8114
          std_model: 0.943741
          std_obs: 1.364673
          min_diff: -26.734129
          max_diff: 16.348258
          p05_diff: -0.27527
          p25_diff: 0.021255
          p50_diff: 0.1697
          p75_diff: 0.454541
          p95_diff: 1.523257
        Jul:
          variable: salt_surface
          n_points: 16550191
          rmse: 1.131807
          bias: 0.341701
          mae: 0.490536
          correlation: 0.595974
          mean_model: 35.165409
          mean_obs: 34.827916
          std_model: 0.903776
          std_obs: 1.338478
          min_diff: -25.390311
          max_diff: 15.744942
          p05_diff: -0.301028
          p25_diff: 0.012773
          p50_diff: 0.162981
          p75_diff: 0.419311
          p95_diff: 1.540116
        Aug:
          variable: salt_surface
          n_points: 16569422
          rmse: 1.101837
          bias: 0.340226
          mae: 0.487262
          correlation: 0.587377
          mean_model: 35.165131
          mean_obs: 34.828205
          std_model: 0.900135
          std_obs: 1.283867
          min_diff: -27.326847
          max_diff: 14.791782
          p05_diff: -0.28197
          p25_diff: 0.016612
          p50_diff: 0.173895
          p75_diff: 0.420397
          p95_diff: 1.568537
        Sep:
          variable: salt_surface
          n_points: 16025101
          rmse: 1.070141
          bias: 0.3357
          mae: 0.476842
          correlation: 0.588806
          mean_model: 35.180038
          mean_obs: 34.848346
          std_model: 0.880813
          std_obs: 1.245824
          min_diff: -26.42666
          max_diff: 15.909823
          p05_diff: -0.26162
          p25_diff: 0.027532
          p50_diff: 0.177846
          p75_diff: 0.409037
          p95_diff: 1.561952
        Oct:
          variable: salt_surface
          n_points: 16552794
          rmse: 0.99924
          bias: 0.318794
          mae: 0.45325
          correlation: 0.601905
          mean_model: 35.19936
          mean_obs: 34.885409
          std_model: 0.853708
          std_obs: 1.174246
          min_diff: -25.80869
          max_diff: 15.352881
          p05_diff: -0.239997
          p25_diff: 0.019039
          p50_diff: 0.16277
          p75_diff: 0.408602
          p95_diff: 1.481037
        Nov:
          variable: salt_surface
          n_points: 16027620
          rmse: 0.945898
          bias: 0.312613
          mae: 0.450195
          correlation: 0.593166
          mean_model: 35.217197
          mean_obs: 34.909402
          std_model: 0.867017
          std_obs: 1.077001
          min_diff: -28.08645
          max_diff: 12.919992
          p05_diff: -0.215169
          p25_diff: 0.017903
          p50_diff: 0.164958
          p75_diff: 0.449857
          p95_diff: 1.427927
        Dec:
          variable: salt_surface
          n_points: 16547056
          rmse: 0.863855
          bias: 0.257059
          mae: 0.403971
          correlation: 0.611054
          mean_model: 35.233349
          mean_obs: 34.982938
          std_model: 0.870337
          std_obs: 0.997114
          min_diff: -28.333651
          max_diff: 12.6511
          p05_diff: -0.249722
          p25_diff: 0.00635
          p50_diff: 0.149155
          p75_diff: 0.415638
          p95_diff: 1.143238
- period: '2016'
  is_all_period: false
  model: pyGETM
  analysed: '2026-05-05 09:14:25'
  datasets:
    CCI-SSS:
      rmse: 0.964594
      bias: 0.333467
      mae: 0.455396
      correlation: 0.629826
      n_points: 24460506
      mean_model: 35.218074
      mean_obs: 34.887502
      std_model: 0.837686
      std_obs: 1.166423
      error_distribution:
        min: -25.659483
        p05: -0.221534
        p25: 0.060242
        median: 0.199221
        p75: 0.416668
        p95: 1.365988
        max: 16.339122
- period: '2017'
  is_all_period: false
  model: pyGETM
  analysed: '2026-05-05 09:14:25'
  datasets:
    CCI-SSS:
      rmse: 1.057745
      bias: 0.310819
      mae: 0.445197
      correlation: 0.541045
      n_points: 24395369
      mean_model: 35.234627
      mean_obs: 34.926779
      std_model: 0.884175
      std_obs: 1.168568
      error_distribution:
        min: -28.333651
        p05: -0.187873
        p25: 0.035743
        median: 0.151522
        p75: 0.385331
        p95: 1.40434
        max: 16.348258
- period: '2018'
  is_all_period: false
  model: pyGETM
  analysed: '2026-05-05 09:14:25'
  datasets:
    CCI-SSS:
      rmse: 1.005381
      bias: 0.266152
      mae: 0.426958
      correlation: 0.582485
      n_points: 24338489
      mean_model: 35.202298
      mean_obs: 34.940702
      std_model: 0.894725
      std_obs: 1.162166
      error_distribution:
        min: -29.770376
        p05: -0.262926
        p25: 0.005759
        median: 0.146703
        p75: 0.382649
        p95: 1.202795
        max: 15.660987
- period: '2019'
  is_all_period: false
  model: pyGETM
  analysed: '2026-05-05 09:14:25'
  datasets:
    CCI-SSS:
      rmse: 1.017451
      bias: 0.318364
      mae: 0.458226
      correlation: 0.574225
      n_points: 24377458
      mean_model: 35.214631
      mean_obs: 34.899823
      std_model: 0.87288
      std_obs: 1.154913
      error_distribution:
        min: -29.104173
        p05: -0.224407
        p25: 0.033587
        median: 0.174021
        p75: 0.426741
        p95: 1.357294
        max: 14.791782
- period: '2020'
  is_all_period: false
  model: pyGETM
  analysed: '2026-05-05 09:14:25'
  datasets:
    CCI-SSS:
      rmse: 1.035778
      bias: 0.314455
      mae: 0.468161
      correlation: 0.586827
      n_points: 24422636
      mean_model: 35.195494
      mean_obs: 34.887874
      std_model: 0.911085
      std_obs: 1.191571
      error_distribution:
        min: -28.908254
        p05: -0.245997
        p25: 0.010315
        median: 0.15244
        p75: 0.435381
        p95: 1.438319
        max: 14.710951
- period: '2021'
  is_all_period: false
  model: pyGETM
  analysed: '2026-05-05 09:14:25'
  datasets:
    CCI-SSS:
      rmse: 1.034575
      bias: 0.289494
      mae: 0.446639
      correlation: 0.593996
      n_points: 24370685
      mean_model: 35.164836
      mean_obs: 34.880688
      std_model: 0.954614
      std_obs: 1.206071
      error_distribution:
        min: -27.700101
        p05: -0.255032
        p25: 0.025471
        median: 0.161426
        p75: 0.411094
        p95: 1.282381
        max: 15.670232
- period: '2022'
  is_all_period: false
  model: pyGETM
  analysed: '2026-05-05 09:14:25'
  datasets:
    CCI-SSS:
      rmse: 1.011963
      bias: 0.298396
      mae: 0.473057
      correlation: 0.609024
      n_points: 24370685
      mean_model: 35.187176
      mean_obs: 34.893863
      std_model: 1.008336
      std_obs: 1.159401
      error_distribution:
        min: -32.442174
        p05: -0.295176
        p25: 0.004574
        median: 0.17237
        p75: 0.468163
        p95: 1.336551
        max: 12.99486
- period: '2023'
  is_all_period: false
  model: pyGETM
  analysed: '2026-05-05 09:14:25'
  datasets:
    CCI-SSS:
      rmse: 1.012785
      bias: 0.291438
      mae: 0.478495
      correlation: 0.621832
      n_points: 24370685
      mean_model: 35.176152
      mean_obs: 34.890066
      std_model: 0.97372
      std_obs: 1.205603
      error_distribution:
        min: -29.479786
        p05: -0.351656
        p25: -0.023483
        median: 0.16512
        p75: 0.459427
        p95: 1.386195
        max: 15.744942
