Validation of ice thickness - Full domain
Bulletin date: 2017-05-11
Model: ARC MFC - TOPAZ
Data source: UCL CryoSAT-2 sea ice thickness
Validation statistics summary
Bias (m) | RMS (m) | total grids | low SIT | OK SIT | high SIT | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Best estimate | -0.7 | 0.91 | 43134 | 11196 | 31724 | 214 |
Day 1 forecast | -0.7 | 0.91 | 43134 | 11234 | 31682 | 218 |
Day 4 forecast | -0.7 | 0.92 | 43134 | 11337 | 31577 | 220 |
Day 7 forecast | -0.69 | 0.91 | 43134 | 11014 | 31905 | 215 |
Day 10 forecast | -0.71 | 0.92 | 43134 | 11308 | 31613 | 213 |
Numbers in the three rightmost columns are grid counts. Regions with high/low sea ice thickness correspond to areas with model offsets from the gridded observations outside of one standard deviation. (Standard deviations are provided in the observational product.)
Definition of categories:
Category | Sea ice thickness |
---|---|
c1 | <1m |
c2 | 1 - 1.5m |
c3 | 1.5 - 2m |
c4 | 2 - 2.5m |
c5 | 2.5 - 3m |
c6 | >3m |
Best estimate vs. observations
Contingency table
observations | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
open | c1 | c2 | c3 | c4 | c5 | c6 | |||
m o d e l |
open | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
c1 | 0 | 0.003 | 0.048 | 0.084 | 0.024 | 0.007 | 0.006 | ||
c2 | 0 | 0.002 | 0.022 | 0.145 | 0.159 | 0.051 | 0.007 | ||
c3 | 0 | 0 | 0.005 | 0.062 | 0.109 | 0.066 | 0.011 | ||
c4 | 0 | 0 | 0.001 | 0.004 | 0.044 | 0.051 | 0.006 | ||
c5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.001 | 0.009 | 0.027 | 0.017 | ||
c6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.001 | 0.004 | 0.022 |
See category definitions for details.
Statistical distribution
Observed sea ice thickness from CryoSAT
Sea ice thickness, best estimate product
Day 1 forecast vs. observations
Contingency table
observations | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
open | c1 | c2 | c3 | c4 | c5 | c6 | |||
m o d e l |
open | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
c1 | 0 | 0.003 | 0.048 | 0.084 | 0.024 | 0.007 | 0.006 | ||
c2 | 0 | 0.002 | 0.022 | 0.145 | 0.159 | 0.052 | 0.007 | ||
c3 | 0 | 0 | 0.005 | 0.061 | 0.109 | 0.065 | 0.011 | ||
c4 | 0 | 0 | 0.001 | 0.005 | 0.043 | 0.052 | 0.006 | ||
c5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.001 | 0.009 | 0.026 | 0.017 | ||
c6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.001 | 0.004 | 0.022 |
See category definitions for details.
Statistical distribution
Sea ice thickness, day 1 forecast
Day 7 forecast vs. observations
Contingency table
observations | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
open | c1 | c2 | c3 | c4 | c5 | c6 | |||
m o d e l |
open | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
c1 | 0 | 0.003 | 0.045 | 0.081 | 0.022 | 0.007 | 0.006 | ||
c2 | 0 | 0.002 | 0.025 | 0.147 | 0.158 | 0.05 | 0.007 | ||
c3 | 0 | 0 | 0.005 | 0.062 | 0.111 | 0.067 | 0.011 | ||
c4 | 0 | 0 | 0.002 | 0.005 | 0.044 | 0.052 | 0.006 | ||
c5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.001 | 0.01 | 0.027 | 0.017 | ||
c6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.001 | 0.004 | 0.022 |
See category definitions for details.
Statistical distribution
Sea ice thickness, day 7 forecast
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