Research Article

Sensitivity of Sea Surface Temperature Simulation by an Ocean Model to the Resolution of the Meteorological Forcing

Table 5

Summary of model sensitivities to meteorological forcing.

WinterSpringSummer Autumn
MERMSe MERMSe MERMSe MERMSe

SST (°C)NCEP versus POET−0.130.380.730.150.470.630.150.580.620.020.580.62
BADC versus POET−0.190.380.71−0.180.560.62−0.610.730.42−0.250.490.42

Abbreviations: BoM is the bias of mean; RMSe is the root mean square error; is the Willmott skill parameter.