Horizontal Validation results comparing model output against observations.
Experiment Information
Area: NSe Experiment: CMEMS/spinup Validation Type: Horizontal Validation Variables: TEMP_SURFACE
Overview
| Metric | TEMP_SURFACE / OSTIA |
|---|---|
| RMSE | 1.1152 |
| Bias | 0.5067 |
| Corr | 0.9031 |
| N points | 10,685,740 |
Horizontal Validation
Statistics
TEMP_SURFACE
| Metric | OSTIA |
|---|---|
| RMSE | 1.1152 |
| Bias | +0.5067 |
| MAE | 0.8360 |
| Corr | 0.9031 |
| Model mean | 11.3317 |
| Obs mean | 10.8250 |
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TEMP_SURFACE Validation Statistics
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Format: 1.1
Created: 2026-10-07 11:11:45
Author: K.B. & R.T.
Project: OceanICU
Institute: BB
Area: NSe
Experiment: CMEMS/spinup
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Period: 2011-2013 | Model: pyGETM
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Analysed: 2026-10-07 13:59:52
--- OSTIA ---
RMSE: 1.1152
Bias: +0.5067
MAE: 0.8360
Correlation: 0.9031
N points: 10,685,740
Model mean: 11.3317
Obs mean: 10.8250
Model std: 3.9211
Obs std: 3.8866
Error distribution:
Min: -7.8229
5th pct: -0.8018
25th pct: -0.0160
Median: +0.4534
75th pct: +0.8926
95th pct: +1.7141
Max: +8.4514
Monthly breakdown:
Month RMSE Bias MAE Corr
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Jan 1.9842 +1.6141 1.6611 0.8909
Feb 1.0789 +0.7273 0.8487 0.9342
Mar 0.8300 +0.4440 0.5908 0.9489
Apr 0.7977 +0.3366 0.5978 0.9336
May 0.9001 +0.4658 0.7189 0.8604
Jun 1.3635 +1.0185 1.1503 0.8592
Jul 1.4952 +1.1272 1.2696 0.8166
Aug 1.2142 +0.8638 1.0129 0.8698
Sep 0.7362 +0.2231 0.5553 0.9152
Oct 0.6620 -0.1049 0.4921 0.9460
Nov 0.6538 -0.1955 0.4983 0.9331
Dec 0.8082 -0.4389 0.6194 0.9291
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All 1.1152 +0.5067 0.8360 0.9031
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Period: 2011 | Model: pyGETM
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Analysed: 2026-10-07 13:59:52
--- OSTIA ---
RMSE: 1.1152
Bias: +0.5067
MAE: 0.8360
Correlation: 0.9031
N points: 10,685,740
Model mean: 11.3317
Obs mean: 10.8250
Model std: 3.9211
Obs std: 3.8866
Error distribution:
Min: -7.8229
5th pct: -0.8018
25th pct: -0.0160
Median: +0.4534
75th pct: +0.8926
95th pct: +1.7141
Max: +8.4514
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Plots
Full Period
TEMP_SURFACE
Temperature (surface) — monthly by year
Temperature (surface) — monthly statistics
OSTIA
Temperature (surface) — OSTIA comparison
Temperature (surface) — OSTIA monthly maps
Temperature (surface) — OSTIA monthly taylor
Temperature (surface) — OSTIA pdf annual
Temperature (surface) — OSTIA pdf monthly
Temperature (surface) — OSTIA spatial stats
Taylor diagram
Observations
ARGO Observations — 2010-2013
ARGO Station Map
ARGO Observation Density
CRUISE Observations — 2010-2013
CRUISE Station Map
CRUISE Observation Density
ICES Observations — 2010-2013
ICES Station Map
ICES Observation Density
ICES PSAL Hovmoller
ICES TEMP Hovmoller
PLATFORM Observations — 2010-2013
PLATFORM Station Map
PLATFORM Observation Density
Methodology
Horizontal Validation
Model surface fields compared against gridded satellite products and in-situ observations.
Statistics: RMSE, Bias, MAE, Pearson correlation.
Spatial statistics show the error distribution across the domain.