Geoscientific Model Development
Geoscientific Model Development
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Articles | Volume 13, issue 7
Articles | Volume 13, issue 7
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-13-3221-2020
© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-13-3221-2020
© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 13, issue 7
Methods for assessment of models
 | 
15 Jul 2020
Methods for assessment of models |  | 15 Jul 2020

The Sailor diagram – A new diagram for the verification of two-dimensional vector data from multiple models

Jon Sáenz, Sheila Carreno-Madinabeitia, Ganix Esnaola, Santos J. González-Rojí, Gabriel Ibarra-Berastegi, and Alain Ulazia

Data sets

SailoR: An Extension of the Taylor Diagram to Two-Dimensional Vector Data J. Sáenz, S. Carreno-Madinabeitia, S. J. González-Rojí, G. Esnaola, G. Ibarra-Berastegi, and A. Ulazia https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3856045

Model code and software

SailoR: An Extension of the Taylor Diagram to Two-Dimensional Vector Data J. Sáenz, S. Carreno-Madinabeitia, S. J. González-Rojí, G. Esnaola, G. Ibarra-Berastegi, and A. Ulazia https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3856045

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Short summary
A new diagram for the verification of vector variables (wind, current, etc.) generated by multiple models against a set of observations is presented in this package. It has been designed as a generalization of the Taylor diagram for two-dimensional quantities. It is based on the analysis of the two-dimensional structure of the mean squared error matrix between model and observations, and it allows for an easy assessment of both bias and directional errors as well.
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