CMEMS Arctic MFC: Validation of GLO-NEMO sea surface temperature

Multi-model approach

Here, we present validation results from CMEMS global ocean circulation model, in order to provide product quality information that is supplementary to the results from CMEMS-ARC. Processing and computation of metrics are performed identically to the implementation for the ARC product, from which validation results are presented from this page (lower table of dates).

Validation based on data from satellites

Validation of the CMEMS Global MFC results for sea surface temperature is performed using data from the AVHRR instrument (which flies on the Metop-A satellite). We have processed the validation using AVHRR data for all bulletins since January 2016.

Anomaly correlations are computed using a monthly climatology as reference. The climatology was set to the monthly averages of the OSTIA product (CMEMS product SST_GLO_SST_L4_REP_OBSERVATIONS_010_011), from the period 1985-2007.

Satellite data are available from IFREMER-Coriolis (password requested, access restrictions apply) who is partner in the CMEMS OSI TAC.

Results by bulletin date

January 2024 01-04 01-11 01-18 01-25	February 2024 02-01 02-08 02-15 02-22 02-29	March 2024 03-07 03-14 03-21 03-28	April 2024 04-04 04-11 04-18
January 2023 01-05 01-12 01-19 01-26	February 2023 02-02 02-09 02-16 02-23	March 2023 03-02 03-09 03-16 03-23 03-30	April 2023 04-06 04-13 04-20 04-27	May 2023 05-04 05-11 05-18 05-25	June 2023 06-01 06-08 06-15 06-22 06-29	July 2023 07-06 07-13 07-20 07-27	August 2023 08-03 08-10 08-17 08-24 08-31	September 2023 09-07 09-14 09-21 09-28	October 2023 10-05 10-12 10-19 10-26	November 2023 11-02 11-09 11-16 11-23 11-30	December 2023 12-07 12-14 12-21 12-28
January 2022 01-06 01-13 01-20 01-27	February 2022 02-03 02-10 02-17 02-24	March 2022 03-03 03-10 03-17 03-24 03-31	April 2022 04-07 04-14 04-21 04-28	May 2022 05-05 05-12 05-19 05-26	June 2022 06-02 06-09 06-16 06-23 06-30	July 2022 07-07 07-14 07-21 07-28	August 2022 08-04 08-11 08-18 08-25	September 2022 09-01 09-08 09-15 09-22 09-29	October 2022 10-06 10-13 10-20 10-27	November 2022 11-03 11-10 11-17 11-24	December 2022 12-01 12-08 12-15 12-22 12-29
January 2021 01-07 01-14 01-21 01-28	February 2021 02-04 02-11 02-18 02-25	March 2021 03-04 03-11 03-18 03-25	April 2021 04-01 04-08 04-15 04-22 04-29	May 2021 05-06 05-13 05-20 05-27	June 2021 06-03 06-10 06-17 06-24	July 2021 07-01 07-08 07-15 07-22 07-29	August 2021 08-05 08-12 08-19 08-26	September 2021 09-02 09-09 09-16 09-23 09-30	October 2021 10-07 10-14 10-21 10-28	November 2021 11-04 11-11 11-18 11-25	December 2021 12-02 12-09 12-16 12-23 12-30
January 2020 01-02 01-09 01-16 01-23 01-30	February 2020 02-06 02-13 02-20 02-27	March 2020 03-05 03-12 03-19 03-26	April 2020 04-02 04-09 04-16 04-23 04-30	May 2020 05-07 05-14 05-21 05-28	June 2020 06-04 06-11 06-18 06-25	July 2020 07-02 07-09 07-16 07-23 07-30	August 2020 08-06 08-13 08-20 08-27	September 2020 09-03 09-10 09-17 09-24	October 2020 10-01 10-08 10-15 10-22 10-29	November 2020 11-05 11-12 11-19 11-26	December 2020 12-03 12-10 12-17 12-24 12-31
January 2019 01-03 01-10 01-17 01-24 01-31	February 2019 02-07 02-14 02-21 02-28	March 2019 03-07 03-14 03-21 03-28	April 2019 04-04 04-11 04-18 04-25	May 2019 05-02 05-09 05-16 05-23 05-30	June 2019 06-06 06-13 06-20 06-27	July 2019 07-04 07-11 07-18 07-25	August 2019 08-01 08-08 08-15 08-22 08-29	September 2019 09-05 09-12 09-19 09-26	October 2019 10-03 10-10 10-17 10-24 10-31	November 2019 11-07 11-14 11-21 11-28	December 2019 12-05 12-12 12-19 12-26
January 2018 01-04 01-11 01-18 01-25	February 2018 02-01 02-08 02-15 02-22	March 2018 03-01 03-08 03-15 03-22 03-29	April 2018 04-05 04-12 04-19 04-26	May 2018 05-03 05-10 05-17 05-24 05-31	June 2018 06-07 06-14 06-21 06-28	July 2018 07-05 07-12 07-19 07-26	August 2018 08-02 08-09 08-16 08-23 08-30	September 2018 09-06 09-13 09-20 09-27	October 2018 10-04 10-11 10-18 10-25	November 2018 11-01 11-08 11-15 11-22 11-29	December 2018 12-06 12-13 12-20 12-27
January 2017 01-05 01-12 01-19 01-26	February 2017 02-02 02-09 02-16 02-23	March 2017 03-02 03-09 03-16 03-23 03-30	April 2017 04-06 04-13 04-20 04-27	May 2017 05-04 05-11 05-18 05-25	June 2017 06-01 06-08 06-15 06-22 06-29	July 2017 07-06 07-13 07-20 07-27	August 2017 08-03 08-10 08-17 08-24 08-31	September 2017 09-07 09-14 09-21 09-28	October 2017 10-05 10-12 10-19 10-26	November 2017 11-02 11-09 11-16 11-23 11-30	December 2017 12-07 12-14 12-21 12-28
January 2016 01-07 01-14 01-21 01-28	February 2016 02-04 02-11 02-18 02-25	March 2016 03-03 03-10 03-17 03-24 03-31	April 2016 04-07 04-14 04-21 04-28	May 2016 05-05 05-12 05-19 05-26	June 2016 06-02 06-09 06-16 06-23 06-30	July 2016 07-07 07-14 07-21 07-28	August 2016 08-04 08-11 08-18 08-25	September 2016 09-01 09-08 09-15 09-22 09-29	October 2016 10-06 10-13 10-20 10-27	November 2016 11-03 11-10 11-17 11-24	December 2016 12-01 12-08 12-15 12-22 12-29

Regions

The ocean circulation model used in CMEMS's Arctic MFC covers the Arctic Ocean, the North Atlantic Ocean and adjacent ocean regions. The northern part is depicted in the figure below. Validation of sea surface temperature from model results is performed for three domains:

• an extended domain indicated by the blue, green and red regions in the figure
• the Nordic Seas, shown as the green region
• the Barents Sea, depicted in red

NEMO

The model results are produced with the NEMO assimilative ocean model system (CMEMS product GLOBAL_ANALYSIS_FORECAST_PHY_001_024 from 2016-10-27, and the now deprecated GLOBAL_ANALYSIS_FORECAST_PHYS_001_002 for validations before 2016-10-27). Presently, NEMO assimilates data for sea surface temperature, sea level anomalies, temperature and salinity profiles, and sea ice concentration.
The ocean circulation model product is developed and maintained by Mercator Ocean.

NEMO results are freely available for registered CMEMS users from marine.copernicus.eu.