SMELT Evaluation (With Paired Physical Tracers)
Comparisons to DFO/IOS Observations
Nitrate, Dissolved Silica, Chlorophyll, Temperature, and Salinity
The following links point to annual notebooks comparing model output to observations from the IOS Ocean Sciences Data Archive.
Statistics
Variable |
Year |
Bias |
RMSE |
WSS |
N |
NO3 (\({\mu}\)M ) |
2007 |
-0.691 |
3.515 |
0.895 |
1060 |
2008 |
-0.572 |
4.201 |
0.904 |
1096 |
|
2009 |
0.371 |
3.711 |
0.915 |
1097 |
|
2010 |
-0.391 |
3.599 |
0.940 |
1461 |
|
2011 |
0.209 |
4.586 |
0.899 |
1345 |
|
2012 |
-0.298 |
3.552 |
0.944 |
1410 |
|
2013 |
-2.013 |
4.248 |
0.923 |
1031 |
|
2014 |
-2.833 |
4.456 |
0.921 |
1493 |
|
2015 |
-1.676 |
3.488 |
0.934 |
533 |
|
2016 |
-1.200 |
3.333 |
0.962 |
1675 |
|
2017 |
-0.071 |
4.144 |
0.923 |
1590 |
|
2018 |
-0.931 |
3.110 |
0.925 |
634 |
|
Dissolved Silica (\({\mu}\)M ) |
2007 |
-6.007 |
10.098 |
0.766 |
1060 |
2008 |
-6.411 |
11.323 |
0.762 |
1096 |
|
2009 |
-3.807 |
8.101 |
0.866 |
1099 |
|
2010 |
-3.587 |
10.418 |
0.826 |
1442 |
|
2011 |
-3.162 |
12.121 |
0.653 |
1345 |
|
2012 |
-2.909 |
9.399 |
0.792 |
1410 |
|
2013 |
-5.516 |
9.546 |
0.829 |
1031 |
|
2014 |
-6.799 |
10.635 |
0.811 |
1493 |
|
2015 |
-5.418 |
8.228 |
0.860 |
533 |
|
2016 |
-6.279 |
9.404 |
0.902 |
1675 |
|
2017 |
-3.035 |
10.567 |
0.782 |
1589 |
|
2018 |
-6.465 |
9.174 |
0.841 |
634 |
|
Chl a (µg L-1) |
2007 |
-0.834 |
2.928 |
0.520 |
249 |
2008 |
0.412 |
4.729 |
0.488 |
222 |
|
2009 |
-2.129 |
7.556 |
0.352 |
240 |
|
2010 |
-0.062 |
3.234 |
0.609 |
268 |
|
2011 |
-2.984 |
8.912 |
0.334 |
224 |
|
2012 |
-0.856 |
5.715 |
0.222 |
245 |
|
2013 |
-2.051 |
5.066 |
0.422 |
179 |
|
2014 |
-1.544 |
4.895 |
0.633 |
259 |
|
2015 |
-0.186 |
3.461 |
0.581 |
125 |
|
2016 |
-0.364 |
2.473 |
0.661 |
387 |
|
2017 |
-1.266 |
4.872 |
0.453 |
428 |
|
2018 |
-1.264 |
3.952 |
0.493 |
191 |
|
log10[Chl a (µg L-1)] |
2007 |
-0.161 |
0.423 |
0.742 |
249 |
2008 |
0.014 |
0.494 |
0.702 |
222 |
|
2009 |
-0.014 |
0.497 |
0.737 |
240 |
|
2010 |
-0.033 |
0.521 |
0.683 |
268 |
|
2011 |
-0.149 |
0.694 |
0.630 |
224 |
|
2012 |
-0.010 |
0.476 |
0.602 |
245 |
|
2013 |
-0.233 |
0.532 |
0.595 |
179 |
|
2014 |
-0.177 |
0.465 |
0.772 |
259 |
|
2015 |
-0.015 |
0.429 |
0.677 |
125 |
|
2016 |
-0.090 |
0.393 |
0.783 |
387 |
|
2017 |
-0.108 |
0.544 |
0.618 |
428 |
|
2018 |
-0.100 |
0.420 |
0.739 |
191 |
|
Temperature (°C) |
2007 |
-0.135 |
0.460 |
0.965 |
1103 |
2008 |
0.078 |
0.656 |
0.953 |
1107 |
|
2009 |
-0.054 |
0.796 |
0.953 |
1103 |
|
2010 |
-0.095 |
0.517 |
0.970 |
1941 |
|
2011 |
0.050 |
0.773 |
0.972 |
1465 |
|
2012 |
0.014 |
0.558 |
0.987 |
1569 |
|
2013 |
0.003 |
0.839 |
0.956 |
1035 |
|
2014 |
0.047 |
0.632 |
0.976 |
1505 |
|
2015 |
-0.005 |
0.551 |
0.978 |
566 |
|
2016 |
-0.102 |
0.652 |
0.974 |
1801 |
|
2017 |
-0.005 |
0.731 |
0.975 |
1835 |
|
2018 |
-0.100 |
0.480 |
0.958 |
685 |
|
Salinity (g kg-1) |
2007 |
0.044 |
0.766 |
0.960 |
1103 |
2008 |
-0.119 |
0.839 |
0.951 |
1107 |
|
2009 |
0.019 |
0.935 |
0.944 |
1103 |
|
2010 |
0.037 |
1.059 |
0.942 |
1943 |
|
2011 |
0.143 |
1.229 |
0.968 |
1465 |
|
2012 |
0.039 |
0.884 |
0.980 |
1569 |
|
2013 |
-0.003 |
1.270 |
0.932 |
1036 |
|
2014 |
-0.168 |
0.821 |
0.954 |
1506 |
|
2015 |
0.022 |
0.679 |
0.983 |
566 |
|
2016 |
0.042 |
0.925 |
0.961 |
1801 |
|
2017 |
0.047 |
0.952 |
0.967 |
1835 |
|
2018 |
-0.057 |
0.795 |
0.956 |
685 |
|
Density (kg m-3) |
2007 |
0.054 |
0.616 |
0.971 |
1103 |
2008 |
-0.104 |
0.697 |
0.965 |
1107 |
|
2009 |
0.025 |
0.798 |
0.958 |
1103 |
|
2010 |
0.041 |
0.817 |
0.961 |
1941 |
|
2011 |
0.103 |
0.982 |
0.975 |
1465 |
|
2012 |
0.028 |
0.712 |
0.985 |
1569 |
|
2013 |
-0.000 |
1.041 |
0.950 |
1035 |
|
2014 |
-0.137 |
0.690 |
0.968 |
1505 |
|
2015 |
0.020 |
0.576 |
0.987 |
566 |
|
2016 |
0.050 |
0.765 |
0.973 |
1801 |
|
2017 |
0.033 |
0.791 |
0.975 |
1835 |
|
2018 |
-0.031 |
0.632 |
0.967 |
685 |