Validation of ice thickness - Full domain
Bulletin date: 2018-10-25
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 | -1.04 | 1.12 | 20606 | 15655 | 4937 | 14 |
Day 1 forecast | -1.02 | 1.11 | 20606 | 15396 | 5196 | 14 |
Day 4 forecast | -1.03 | 1.11 | 20606 | 15404 | 5188 | 14 |
Day 7 forecast | -1.02 | 1.1 | 20606 | 15351 | 5241 | 14 |
Day 10 forecast | -1.03 | 1.12 | 20606 | 15480 | 5112 | 14 |
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 | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
c1 | 0 | 0.068 | 0.253 | 0.258 | 0.168 | 0.018 | 0.002 | ||
c2 | 0 | 0 | 0.006 | 0.048 | 0.081 | 0.041 | 0.005 | ||
c3 | 0 | 0 | 0.001 | 0.005 | 0.012 | 0.008 | 0.008 | ||
c4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.002 | 0.002 | 0.001 | 0.005 | ||
c5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.002 | ||
c6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.001 |
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 | 0.001 | 0.003 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
c1 | 0 | 0.067 | 0.25 | 0.255 | 0.166 | 0.018 | 0.002 | ||
c2 | 0 | 0 | 0.007 | 0.051 | 0.082 | 0.04 | 0.005 | ||
c3 | 0 | 0 | 0.001 | 0.006 | 0.013 | 0.008 | 0.008 | ||
c4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.003 | 0.002 | 0.001 | 0.006 | ||
c5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.002 | ||
c6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.001 |
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 | 0.001 | 0.003 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
c1 | 0 | 0.067 | 0.249 | 0.254 | 0.162 | 0.017 | 0.002 | ||
c2 | 0 | 0 | 0.008 | 0.051 | 0.085 | 0.041 | 0.005 | ||
c3 | 0 | 0 | 0.001 | 0.006 | 0.013 | 0.009 | 0.008 | ||
c4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.003 | 0.002 | 0.001 | 0.006 | ||
c5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.003 | ||
c6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.001 |
See category definitions for details.
Statistical distribution
Sea ice thickness, day 7 forecast
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