Description of algorithm
Interpretation of results

Validation of ice thickness - Full domain

Bulletin date: 2020-01-09

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 -0.8   0.92   35274 14458 20787 29
Day 1 forecast -0.79   0.92   35274 14386 20860 28
Day 4 forecast -0.8   0.92   35274 14582 20665 27
Day 7 forecast -0.77   0.9   35274 13702 21540 32
Day 10 forecast -0.8   0.93   35274 14532 20711 31

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 0.026 0.275 0.227 0.051 0.009 0.005
c2 0 0.001 0.024 0.119 0.071 0.009 0.001
c3 0 0 0.003 0.029 0.078 0.049 0.01
c4 0 0 0.001 0.005 0.005 0.001 0
c5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
c6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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 0.001 0 0 0
c1 0 0.026 0.274 0.227 0.052 0.008 0.005
c2 0 0.001 0.025 0.117 0.069 0.009 0.001
c3 0 0 0.004 0.03 0.08 0.05 0.01
c4 0 0 0.001 0.005 0.004 0.001 0
c5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
c6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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 0.001 0 0 0
c1 0 0.026 0.272 0.22 0.049 0.008 0.005
c2 0 0.001 0.028 0.123 0.068 0.008 0.001
c3 0 0 0.004 0.031 0.083 0.05 0.009
c4 0 0 0.001 0.005 0.005 0.001 0.001
c5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
c6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

See category definitions for details.

Statistical distribution

Sea ice thickness, day 7 forecast


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