Development and Evaluation of a Hydrometeorological Forecasting System Using the Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere-Wave-Sediment Transport (COAWST) Model
Table 3
Statistical indices of forecasts averaged over the entire domain.
Element
Forecast test
Observation
CC
RMSE
STD
Forecast
Observation
Precipitation
24 h forecast
ERA5
0.28
1.24 mm/h
1.15 mm/h
0.82 mm/h
CLDAS
0.23
1.53 mm/h
−
1.18 mm/h
48 h forecast
ERA5
0.16
1.35 mm/h
1.25 mm/h
−
CLDAS
0.18
1.65 mm/h
−
−
72 h forecast
ERA5
0.12
1.34 mm/h
1.15 mm/h
−
CLDAS
0.07
1.64 mm/h
−
−
2 m air temperature
24 h forecast
ERA5
0.62
1.02 K
1.03 K
1.20 K
CLDAS
0.59
1.00 K
−
1.28 K
48 h forecast
ERA5
0.56
1.06 K
0.93 K
−
CLDAS
0.54
1.06 K
−
−
72 h forecast
ERA5
0.49
1.11 K
0.90 K
−
CLDAS
0.48
1.12 K
−
−
CC: correlation coefficient; ;xmi and xoi are the simulated and observed hourly precipitation, respectively, or 2 m air temperature in the time i; and n is the number of hours. RMSE: Root Mean Square Error; . STD: standard deviation; .