Horizontal Validation results comparing model output against observations.
Experiment Information
Area: NS Experiment: ObsKd Validation Type: Horizontal Validation Variables:
ICES Point Profiles
Statistics
PSAL
| Metric | ICES point observations |
|---|---|
| RMSE | 2.6434 |
| Bias | +0.5740 |
| MAE | 1.2680 |
| Corr | 0.9531 |
| Model mean | 32.7412 |
| Obs mean | 32.1672 |
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PSAL Profile Validation Statistics
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Format: 1.1
Created: 2026-05-04 11:51:39
Area: NS
Experiment: ObsKd
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Period: 2016-2023 | Model: pyGETM
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Analysed: 2026-05-04 12:41:44
--- ICES point observations ---
RMSE: 2.6434
Bias: +0.5740
MAE: 1.2680
Correlation: 0.9531
N points: 2,239,479
N profiles: 27,982
Model mean: 32.7412
Obs mean: 32.1672
Model std: 4.4321
Obs std: 6.4284
Error distribution:
Min: -17.1605
5th pct: -1.1617
25th pct: -0.5281
Median: -0.1850
75th pct: +0.1386
95th pct: +7.4418
Max: +33.6755
Statistics by depth:
Depth N Bias RMSE Corr
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0-10m 391,138 +3.3694 5.3929 0.9248
10-25m 412,998 +0.8098 2.8412 0.9538
25-50m 407,979 -0.2014 1.3491 0.9566
50-100m 463,619 -0.3414 0.5469 0.5932
100-200m 324,278 -0.2727 0.3814 0.5929
200-500m 224,657 -0.1603 0.2193 0.6298
500-1000m 14,810 -0.1424 0.1656 0.6084
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TEMP
| Metric | ICES point observations |
|---|---|
| RMSE | 1.3815 |
| Bias | -0.1003 |
| MAE | 0.9583 |
| Corr | 0.9258 |
| Model mean | 9.2372 |
| Obs mean | 9.3375 |
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TEMP Profile Validation Statistics
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Format: 1.1
Created: 2026-05-04 11:50:20
Area: NS
Experiment: ObsKd
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Period: 2016-2023 | Model: pyGETM
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Analysed: 2026-05-04 12:40:26
--- ICES point observations ---
RMSE: 1.3815
Bias: -0.1003
MAE: 0.9583
Correlation: 0.9258
N points: 2,248,852
N profiles: 25,958
Model mean: 9.2372
Obs mean: 9.3375
Model std: 3.6331
Obs std: 3.4748
Error distribution:
Min: -11.7818
5th pct: -2.2092
25th pct: -0.7782
Median: -0.1531
75th pct: +0.5355
95th pct: +2.0671
Max: +12.0725
Statistics by depth:
Depth N Bias RMSE Corr
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0-10m 391,005 +0.4440 1.6309 0.9569
10-25m 415,226 +0.0842 1.7929 0.9175
25-50m 410,379 -0.5606 1.5581 0.8511
50-100m 466,017 -0.5101 1.1481 0.7016
100-200m 325,997 -0.1651 0.7370 0.4822
200-500m 225,418 +0.3233 0.7020 0.3093
500-1000m 14,810 +0.9814 1.1101 0.0354
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Plots
Practical Salinity — statistics vs depth profile
Temperature — statistics vs depth profile
Argo Float Profiles
Statistics
PSAL
| Metric | ARGO floats |
|---|---|
| RMSE | 0.7043 |
| Bias | -0.2443 |
| MAE | 0.4716 |
| Corr | 0.6650 |
| Model mean | 34.5844 |
| Obs mean | 34.8287 |
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PSAL Profile Validation Statistics
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Format: 1.1
Created: 2026-05-04 14:11:03
Area: NS
Experiment: ObsKd
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Period: 2016-2023 | Model: pyGETM
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Analysed: 2026-05-04 21:16:57
--- ARGO floats ---
RMSE: 0.7043
Bias: -0.2443
MAE: 0.4716
Correlation: 0.6650
N points: 9,278
N profiles: 38
Model mean: 34.5844
Obs mean: 34.8287
Model std: 0.4900
Obs std: 0.8759
Error distribution:
Min: -1.3822
5th pct: -0.8706
25th pct: -0.5215
Median: -0.3350
75th pct: -0.1588
95th pct: +0.4990
Max: +6.8484
Statistics by depth:
Depth N Bias RMSE Corr
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0-10m 190 +1.5709 2.4012 0.6141
10-25m 537 +0.6735 1.6576 0.4305
25-50m 861 -0.2808 0.8373 0.4802
50-100m 1,730 -0.5369 0.6342 0.5661
100-200m 2,809 -0.3871 0.4406 0.6533
200-500m 2,940 -0.2177 0.2491 -0.3770
500-1000m 211 -0.1371 0.1396 0.7297
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TEMP
| Metric | ARGO floats |
|---|---|
| RMSE | 1.0839 |
| Bias | -0.0411 |
| MAE | 0.7363 |
| Corr | 0.8714 |
| Model mean | 8.6158 |
| Obs mean | 8.6569 |
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TEMP Profile Validation Statistics
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Format: 1.1
Created: 2026-05-04 14:11:01
Area: NS
Experiment: ObsKd
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Period: 2016-2023 | Model: pyGETM
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Analysed: 2026-05-04 21:16:55
--- ARGO floats ---
RMSE: 1.0839
Bias: -0.0411
MAE: 0.7363
Correlation: 0.8714
N points: 9,278
N profiles: 38
Model mean: 8.6158
Obs mean: 8.6569
Model std: 1.4896
Obs std: 2.0977
Error distribution:
Min: -5.2515
5th pct: -2.3758
25th pct: -0.4345
Median: +0.2245
75th pct: +0.4218
95th pct: +1.2268
Max: +4.5751
Statistics by depth:
Depth N Bias RMSE Corr
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0-10m 190 -0.8952 1.3505 0.9282
10-25m 537 -0.7188 1.8560 0.7388
25-50m 861 -0.9151 2.2419 0.6400
50-100m 1,730 -0.2902 1.2784 0.6638
100-200m 2,809 +0.0930 0.4554 0.6657
200-500m 2,940 +0.3228 0.4734 0.1766
500-1000m 211 +1.2067 1.2088 0.4673
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Plots
Argo float profile overview (NE Atlantic)
NA_ARGO — Hovmöller diagram
Na Argo Overview
Practical Salinity — statistics vs depth profile
Temperature — statistics vs depth profile
Observations
ARGO Observations — 2016-2023
ARGO Station Map
ARGO Observation Density
ARGO Hovmoller
ICES Observations — 2016-2023
ICES Station Map
ICES Observation Density
ICES PSAL Hovmoller
ICES TEMP Hovmoller
Methodology
ICES Point Profiles
Quality-controlled hydrographic profiles from the ICES data portal (temperature, salinity, biogeochemical variables).
Argo Float Profiles
Autonomous profiling floats providing temperature and salinity profiles to 2000 m depth (Ifremer ERDDAP).