Articles | Volume 11, issue 10
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-11-4339-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-11-4339-2018
Methods for assessment of models
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26 Oct 2018
Methods for assessment of models |  | 26 Oct 2018

The TropD software package (v1): standardized methods for calculating tropical-width diagnostics

Ori Adam, Kevin M. Grise, Paul Staten, Isla R. Simpson, Sean M. Davis, Nicholas A. Davis, Darryn W. Waugh, Thomas Birner, and Alison Ming

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Due to incoherent methodologies, estimates of tropical width variations differ significantly across studies. Here, methods for eight commonly-used metrics of the tropical width are implemented in the Tropical-width Diagnostics (TropD) code package. The method compilation and analysis provide tools and information which help reduce the methodological component of the uncertainty associated with calculations of the tropical width.