Modelled wave height vs. satellite altimetry
North Sea-Baltic Sea
2017_01-12
English version

Average satellite SWH conditions
Information on the satellite observations

STATISTICS:
Scatter plot
Error in 2 dimensions
Error vs. forecast length
Error vs. waveheight
Error vs. season

OBSERVATION: Significant wave height (SWH) conditions observed from satellite
Average satellite SWH Histogram of all observations
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90% percentile of satellite SWH Maximum satellite SWH
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Weekly averaged satellite SWH and 90% percentile
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VERIFICATION: Scatter plot and mean errors

All pairs of WAM (0-6 hour) and satellite observations have been used.
The number of observations in each 5x5 cm box is shown with colors. Red line : the best fit to data. Green-dash line : one to one relationship.

Error maps

Gridded to 100x100 km bins
Bias (WAM - altimetry) Stddev
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Scatter index Histogram of comparisons
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Error statistics vs. forecast length  
Domain average 		Error statistics vs. wave height  
1 meter bin size
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Error vs. season
Weekly averaged
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