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.


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 |

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.

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 |


San Juan Islands¶
Statistic |
Temperature |
Salinity |
---|---|---|
bias |
-0.4300265998100876 |
0.13353483468716476 |
RMSE |
0.5960042238649761 |
0.41932263796326535 |
Willmott Skill Score |
0.7320908904807624 |
0.8433595642923585 |


Sentry Shoal¶
Statistic |
Temperature |
Salinity |
---|---|---|
bias |
0.4049012974465036 |
-0.28715771259387424 |
RMSE |
1.4453098826255502 |
1.1850808771660581 |
Willmott Skill Score |
0.9424725482806958 |
0.8290720829792324 |


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

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 |

