Agulhas Current#



Agulhas results

Compared products #

At 00m

  • GlobCurrent Total
  • WOC inertial global 0m

At 15m

  • GlobCurrent Geostrophic
  • GlobCurrent Total
  • WOC BFN-QG
  • WOC inertial global 15m
  • NeurOST
  • OSCAR


1. Spectrum

▶️ At 0m

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▶️ At 15m

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2. Eulerian RMS

▶️ At 0m

Norm errors

Mean Norm Quadratic Error (%) Norm Correlation Norm Explained Variance (%) Norm RMSD Number of Points
GlobCurrent Total 36.938 0.799 68.680 0.244 37440.000
WOC inertial global 00m 1h 34.724 0.812 71.705 0.230 37440.000

Eastward errors

Mean Eastward Quadratic Error (%) Eastward Correlation Eastward Explained Variance (%) Eastward RMSD Number of Points
GlobCurrent Total 49.368 0.867 73.832 0.239 37440.000
WOC inertial global 00m 1h 46.755 0.881 79.632 0.227 37440.000

Northward errors

Mean Northward Quadratic Error (%) Northward Correlation Northward Explained Variance (%) Northward RMSD Number of Points
GlobCurrent Total 52.518 0.851 71.616 0.236 37440.000
WOC inertial global 00m 1h 50.555 0.863 75.159 0.227 37440.000

Standard deviation error

STD Direction difference Number of Points
GlobCurrents Total 43.497 37440.000
WOC inertial global 00m 1h 43.501 37440.000

Binned plots


Results for diagnostic RMSD

GlobCurrents Total

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WOC inertial global 00m 1h

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Results for diagnostic Correlation

GlobCurrents Total

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WOC inertial global 00m 1h

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Results for diagnostic Explained Variance (%)

GlobCurrents Total

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WOC inertial global 00m 1h

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Results for diagnostic Quadratic Error (%)

GlobCurrents Total

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WOC inertial global 00m 1h

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▶️ At 15m

Norm errors

Mean Norm Quadratic Error (%) Norm Correlation Norm Explained Variance (%) Norm RMSD Number of Points
GlobCurrent Geostrophic 37.299 0.829 69.561 0.243 44751.000
GlobCurrent Total 36.555 0.835 69.632 0.238 43190.000
WOC inertial global 15m 1h 35.879 0.835 69.976 0.233 43190.000
WOC BFN-QG 3h 36.708 0.837 69.562 0.239 43200.000
NeurOST 36.237 0.848 82.632 0.236 44738.000

Eastward errors

Mean Eastward Quadratic Error (%) Eastward Correlation Eastward Explained Variance (%) Eastward RMSD Number of Points
GlobCurrent Geostrophic 47.463 0.882 75.469 0.231 44751.000
GlobCurrent Total 46.562 0.886 76.783 0.226 43190.000
WOC inertial global 15m 1h 45.115 0.895 78.858 0.219 43190.000
WOC BFN-QG 3h 46.636 0.887 76.638 0.227 43200.000
NeurOST 46.866 0.888 84.905 0.228 44738.000

Northward errors

Mean Northward Quadratic Error (%) Northward Correlation Northward Explained Variance (%) Northward RMSD Number of Points
GlobCurrent Geostrophic 55.176 0.836 73.912 0.238 44751.000
GlobCurrent Total 54.040 0.842 75.330 0.233 43190.000
WOC inertial global 15m 1h 53.252 0.848 77.290 0.230 43190.000
WOC BFN-QG 3h 51.652 0.858 74.578 0.223 43200.000
NeurOST 51.782 0.862 81.058 0.224 44738.000

Standard deviation error

STD Direction difference Number of Points
GlobCurrent Geostrophic 42.670 44751.000
GlobCurrent Total 42.329 43190.000
WOC inertial global 15m 1h 42.313 43190.000
WOC BFN-QG 3h 43.488 43200.000
NeurOST 43.268 44738.000

Binned plots


Results for diagnostic RMSD

GlobCurrents Geostrophic

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GlobCurrents Total

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WOC inertial global 15m 1h

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WOC BFN-QG 3h

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NeurOST

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Results for diagnostic Correlation

GlobCurrents Geostrophic

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GlobCurrents Total

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WOC inertial global 15m 1h

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WOC BFN-QG 3h

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NeurOST

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Results for diagnostic Explained Variance (%)

GlobCurrents Geostrophic

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GlobCurrents Total

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WOC inertial global 15m 1h

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WOC BFN-QG 3h

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NeurOST

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Results for diagnostic Quadratic Error (%)

GlobCurrents Geostrophic

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GlobCurrents Total

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WOC inertial global 15m 1h

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WOC BFN-QG 3h

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NeurOST

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3. Lagrangian Cumulative Distance

▶️ At 0m

 
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▶️ At 15m

 
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4. Fronts and currents consistency

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