Comparison of Oceansat-2 Scatterometer Wind Data with Global Moored Buoys and ASCAT Observation

Table 1

Error statistics of the comparison between the OSCAT and buoys wind data.

Buoy	Number	Speed			Direction
		Bias (m/s)	RMSE (m/s)	R	Bias (°)	RMSE (°)	R
NDBC	49414	0.28	1.24	0.93	0.68	18.4	0.81
PIRATA	14569	0.34	1.11	0.87	−0.60	17.6	0.80
RAMA	8001	0.27	1.24	0.90	−0.61	18.4	0.78
TAO	39495	0.22	1.17	0.87	0.53	16.7	0.79
ALL	111479	0.27	1.20	0.91	0.37	17.7	0.82