Articles | Volume 9, issue 12
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-9-4365-2016
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-9-4365-2016
Methods for assessment of models
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06 Dec 2016
Methods for assessment of models |  | 06 Dec 2016

A diagram for evaluating multiple aspects of model performance in simulating vector fields

Zhongfeng Xu, Zhaolu Hou, Ying Han, and Weidong Guo

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This paper devises a new diagram called the vector field evaluation (VFE) diagram. The VFE diagram is a generalized Taylor diagram and is able to provide a concise evaluation of model performance in simulating vector fields (e.g., vector winds) in terms of three statistical variables. The VFE diagram can be applied to the evaluation of full vector fields or anomaly fields as needed. Some potential applications of the VFE diagram in model evaluation are also presented in the paper.