Description of algorithm
Interpretation of results

Validation of ice thickness - Full domain

Bulletin date: 2018-02-08

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 -0.93   1.08   40915 19285 21590 40
Day 1 forecast -0.93   1.07   40915 19228 21644 43
Day 4 forecast -0.93   1.08   40915 19285 21588 42
Day 7 forecast -0.91   1.06   40915 18791 22079 45
Day 10 forecast -0.92   1.07   40915 18965 21909 41

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
c21 - 1.5m
c31.5 - 2m
c42 - 2.5m
c52.5 - 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 0.01 0.137 0.194 0.056 0.022 0.011
c2 0 0.001 0.061 0.178 0.095 0.044 0.011
c3 0 0 0.004 0.018 0.022 0.046 0.033
c4 0 0 0 0.001 0.006 0.012 0.024
c5 0 0 0 0 0.001 0.002 0.006
c6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.003

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 0.01 0.136 0.193 0.055 0.022 0.011
c2 0 0.001 0.063 0.18 0.097 0.046 0.012
c3 0 0 0.004 0.017 0.022 0.045 0.032
c4 0 0 0 0.001 0.005 0.012 0.024
c5 0 0 0 0 0.001 0.002 0.006
c6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.003

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 0.01 0.133 0.19 0.054 0.021 0.011
c2 0 0.002 0.066 0.184 0.097 0.043 0.01
c3 0 0 0.004 0.017 0.022 0.047 0.031
c4 0 0 0 0.001 0.006 0.013 0.025
c5 0 0 0 0 0.001 0.002 0.007
c6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.002

See category definitions for details.

Statistical distribution

Sea ice thickness, day 7 forecast


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