Temperature and Salinity

Citizen Science

2015 - 2017 observations

Statistic

Temperature

Salinity

bias

0.0078

0.14

RMSE

0.55

0.72

Willmott Skill Score

0.97

0.93

In addition to an observation - model plot that includes both 2015 and 2016, separate comparisons were also made for each region. The Victoria stations are shown below.

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CitSci - full notebook

CitSci - single days notebook

CitSci - single depth profiles notebook

CitSci - 2017 TandS notebook

Ferry

Only samples with valid times, longitude, latitude, and salinity values were used in the comparison.

Statistic

Value

bias

1.66856979031

RMSE

4.92462599804

Willmott Skill Score

0.782013448965
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Ferry salinity notebook

Fraser Plume ctd

Statistics, available in the notebook below, were calculated for each depth. An example depth profile from May 31, 2017 is shown below.

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CTD casts notebook

IOS cruises

Surface refers to depths less than 15m, intermediate refers to depths ebwteen 15 and 30m, and deep refers to depths greater than 30m.

Statistic

Temperature

Salinity

bias

0.05512010187655747

-0.041040355046526145

RMSE

0.7015201515771843

1.066426061995313

Willmott Skill Score

0.9684729188294054

0.954343789715143
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comparison notebook

San Juan Islands

Statistic

Temperature

Salinity

bias

-0.4300265998100876

0.13353483468716476

RMSE

0.5960042238649761

0.41932263796326535

Willmott Skill Score

0.7320908904807624

0.8433595642923585
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San Juan notebook

Sentry Shoal

Statistic

Temperature

Salinity

bias

0.4049012974465036

-0.28715771259387424

RMSE

1.4453098826255502

1.1850808771660581

Willmott Skill Score

0.9424725482806958

0.8290720829792324
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Time series notebook

VENUS nodes

Comparison to the observed salinity were made to the model’s (then called hindcast) salinity.

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Water quality buoy

Comparison to the model temperature was made at the model’s surface and depth = 1.5m, as well as daily and hourly averaged values. Below, statistics and plots are for model surface, and the observation - model plot is using the daily average.

Statistic

Hourly Averaged

Daily Averaged

bias

-0.834625751208

-0.832611264165

RMSE

1.48700936448

1.47607008425

Willmott Skill Score

0.983537985575

0.983654461941
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Water quality buoy notebook (daily averages)

Water quality buoy notebook (hourly interpolated averages)