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Open challenger datasets

import oceanbench

oceanbench.__version__
'0.5.1'

Insert here the code that opens the challenger dataset as challenger_dataset: xarray.Dataset

# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 Mercator Ocean International <https://www.mercator-ocean.eu/>
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: EUPL-1.2

# Open LangYa forecasts with xarray
import xarray
import oceanbench

challenger_dataset: xarray.Dataset = oceanbench.datasets.challenger.langya()

challenger_dataset
<xarray.Dataset> Size: 2TB
Dimensions:             (first_day_datetime: 52, lead_day_index: 7, depth: 32,
                         latitude: 2041, longitude: 4320)
Coordinates:
  * depth               (depth) float32 128B 0.494 1.541 2.646 ... 453.9 541.1
  * latitude            (latitude) float64 16kB -80.0 -79.92 ... 89.92 90.0
  * lead_day_index      (lead_day_index) int64 56B 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
  * longitude           (longitude) float64 35kB -180.0 -179.9 ... 179.8 179.9
  * first_day_datetime  (first_day_datetime) datetime64[ns] 416B 2024-01-03 ....
Data variables:
    so                  (first_day_datetime, lead_day_index, depth, latitude, longitude) float32 411GB dask.array<chunksize=(1, 1, 1, 256, 512), meta=np.ndarray>
    thetao              (first_day_datetime, lead_day_index, depth, latitude, longitude) float32 411GB dask.array<chunksize=(1, 1, 1, 256, 512), meta=np.ndarray>
    uo                  (first_day_datetime, lead_day_index, depth, latitude, longitude) float32 411GB dask.array<chunksize=(1, 1, 1, 256, 512), meta=np.ndarray>
    vo                  (first_day_datetime, lead_day_index, depth, latitude, longitude) float32 411GB dask.array<chunksize=(1, 1, 1, 256, 512), meta=np.ndarray>
    zos                 (first_day_datetime, lead_day_index, latitude, longitude) float32 13GB dask.array<chunksize=(1, 1, 256, 512), meta=np.ndarray>
Attributes:
    Conventions:              CF-1.8
    challenger:               langya
    forecast_reference_time:  2024-01-02
    oceanbench_source_kind:   challenger
    oceanbench_source_name:   langya
xarray.Dataset
    • first_day_datetime: 52
    • lead_day_index: 7
    • depth: 32
    • latitude: 2041
    • longitude: 4320
    • depth
      (depth)
      float32
      0.494 1.541 2.646 ... 453.9 541.1
      axis :
      Z
      long_name :
      Depth
      positive :
      down
      standard_name :
      depth
      units :
      m
      array([4.940250e-01, 1.541375e+00, 2.645669e+00, 3.819495e+00, 5.078224e+00,
             6.440614e+00, 7.929560e+00, 9.572997e+00, 1.140500e+01, 1.346714e+01,
             1.581007e+01, 1.849556e+01, 2.159882e+01, 2.521141e+01, 2.944473e+01,
             3.443415e+01, 4.034405e+01, 4.737369e+01, 5.576429e+01, 6.580727e+01,
             7.785385e+01, 9.232607e+01, 1.097293e+02, 1.306660e+02, 1.558507e+02,
             1.861256e+02, 2.224752e+02, 2.660403e+02, 3.181274e+02, 3.802130e+02,
             4.539377e+02, 5.410889e+02], dtype=float32)
    • latitude
      (latitude)
      float64
      -80.0 -79.92 -79.83 ... 89.92 90.0
      axis :
      Y
      long_name :
      Latitude
      standard_name :
      latitude
      units :
      degrees_north
      array([-80.      , -79.916667, -79.833333, ...,  89.833333,  89.916667,
              90.      ], shape=(2041,))
    • lead_day_index
      (lead_day_index)
      int64
      0 1 2 3 4 5 6
      array([0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6])
    • longitude
      (longitude)
      float64
      -180.0 -179.9 ... 179.8 179.9
      axis :
      X
      long_name :
      Longitude
      standard_name :
      longitude
      units :
      degrees_east
      array([-180.      , -179.916667, -179.833333, ...,  179.75    ,  179.833333,
              179.916667], shape=(4320,))
    • first_day_datetime
      (first_day_datetime)
      datetime64[ns]
      2024-01-03 ... 2024-12-25
      array(['2024-01-03T00:00:00.000000000', '2024-01-10T00:00:00.000000000',
             '2024-01-17T00:00:00.000000000', '2024-01-24T00:00:00.000000000',
             '2024-01-31T00:00:00.000000000', '2024-02-07T00:00:00.000000000',
             '2024-02-14T00:00:00.000000000', '2024-02-21T00:00:00.000000000',
             '2024-02-28T00:00:00.000000000', '2024-03-06T00:00:00.000000000',
             '2024-03-13T00:00:00.000000000', '2024-03-20T00:00:00.000000000',
             '2024-03-27T00:00:00.000000000', '2024-04-03T00:00:00.000000000',
             '2024-04-10T00:00:00.000000000', '2024-04-17T00:00:00.000000000',
             '2024-04-24T00:00:00.000000000', '2024-05-01T00:00:00.000000000',
             '2024-05-08T00:00:00.000000000', '2024-05-15T00:00:00.000000000',
             '2024-05-22T00:00:00.000000000', '2024-05-29T00:00:00.000000000',
             '2024-06-05T00:00:00.000000000', '2024-06-12T00:00:00.000000000',
             '2024-06-19T00:00:00.000000000', '2024-06-26T00:00:00.000000000',
             '2024-07-03T00:00:00.000000000', '2024-07-10T00:00:00.000000000',
             '2024-07-17T00:00:00.000000000', '2024-07-24T00:00:00.000000000',
             '2024-07-31T00:00:00.000000000', '2024-08-07T00:00:00.000000000',
             '2024-08-14T00:00:00.000000000', '2024-08-21T00:00:00.000000000',
             '2024-08-28T00:00:00.000000000', '2024-09-04T00:00:00.000000000',
             '2024-09-11T00:00:00.000000000', '2024-09-18T00:00:00.000000000',
             '2024-09-25T00:00:00.000000000', '2024-10-02T00:00:00.000000000',
             '2024-10-09T00:00:00.000000000', '2024-10-16T00:00:00.000000000',
             '2024-10-23T00:00:00.000000000', '2024-10-30T00:00:00.000000000',
             '2024-11-06T00:00:00.000000000', '2024-11-13T00:00:00.000000000',
             '2024-11-20T00:00:00.000000000', '2024-11-27T00:00:00.000000000',
             '2024-12-04T00:00:00.000000000', '2024-12-11T00:00:00.000000000',
             '2024-12-18T00:00:00.000000000', '2024-12-25T00:00:00.000000000'],
            dtype='datetime64[ns]')
    • so
      (first_day_datetime, lead_day_index, depth, latitude, longitude)
      float32
      dask.array<chunksize=(1, 1, 1, 256, 512), meta=np.ndarray>
      long_name :
      Salinity
      standard_name :
      sea_water_salinity
      units :
      1e-3
      Array Chunk
      Bytes 382.59 GiB 512.00 kiB
      Shape (52, 7, 32, 2041, 4320) (1, 1, 1, 256, 512)
      Dask graph 838656 chunks in 157 graph layers
      Data type float32 numpy.ndarray
      7 52 4320 2041 32
    • thetao
      (first_day_datetime, lead_day_index, depth, latitude, longitude)
      float32
      dask.array<chunksize=(1, 1, 1, 256, 512), meta=np.ndarray>
      long_name :
      Temperature
      standard_name :
      sea_water_potential_temperature
      units :
      degrees_C
      Array Chunk
      Bytes 382.59 GiB 512.00 kiB
      Shape (52, 7, 32, 2041, 4320) (1, 1, 1, 256, 512)
      Dask graph 838656 chunks in 157 graph layers
      Data type float32 numpy.ndarray
      7 52 4320 2041 32
    • uo
      (first_day_datetime, lead_day_index, depth, latitude, longitude)
      float32
      dask.array<chunksize=(1, 1, 1, 256, 512), meta=np.ndarray>
      long_name :
      Eastward velocity
      standard_name :
      eastward_sea_water_velocity
      units :
      m s-1
      Array Chunk
      Bytes 382.59 GiB 512.00 kiB
      Shape (52, 7, 32, 2041, 4320) (1, 1, 1, 256, 512)
      Dask graph 838656 chunks in 157 graph layers
      Data type float32 numpy.ndarray
      7 52 4320 2041 32
    • vo
      (first_day_datetime, lead_day_index, depth, latitude, longitude)
      float32
      dask.array<chunksize=(1, 1, 1, 256, 512), meta=np.ndarray>
      long_name :
      Northward velocity
      standard_name :
      northward_sea_water_velocity
      units :
      m s-1
      Array Chunk
      Bytes 382.59 GiB 512.00 kiB
      Shape (52, 7, 32, 2041, 4320) (1, 1, 1, 256, 512)
      Dask graph 838656 chunks in 157 graph layers
      Data type float32 numpy.ndarray
      7 52 4320 2041 32
    • zos
      (first_day_datetime, lead_day_index, latitude, longitude)
      float32
      dask.array<chunksize=(1, 1, 256, 512), meta=np.ndarray>
      long_name :
      Sea surface height
      standard_name :
      sea_surface_height_above_geoid
      units :
      m
      Array Chunk
      Bytes 11.96 GiB 512.00 kiB
      Shape (52, 7, 2041, 4320) (1, 1, 256, 512)
      Dask graph 26208 chunks in 157 graph layers
      Data type float32 numpy.ndarray
      52 1 4320 2041 7
    • depth
      PandasIndex
      PandasIndex(Index([0.49402499198913574,  1.5413750410079956,  2.6456689834594727,
              3.8194949626922607,   5.078224182128906,   6.440614223480225,
                7.92956018447876,   9.572997093200684,  11.404999732971191,
              13.467140197753906,  15.810070037841797,  18.495559692382812,
              21.598819732666016,  25.211410522460938,  29.444730758666992,
               34.43415069580078,  40.344051361083984,   47.37369155883789,
               55.76428985595703,   65.80726623535156,   77.85385131835938,
                92.3260726928711,  109.72930145263672,  130.66600036621094,
              155.85069274902344,  186.12559509277344,  222.47520446777344,
               266.0403137207031,   318.1274108886719,   380.2130126953125,
               453.9377136230469,   541.0889282226562],
            dtype='float32', name='depth'))
    • latitude
      PandasIndex
      PandasIndex(Index([             -80.0, -79.91666666666667, -79.83333333333333,
                         -79.75, -79.66666666666667, -79.58333333333333,
                          -79.5, -79.41666666666667, -79.33333333333333,
                         -79.25,
             ...
                          89.25,  89.33333333333334,  89.41666666666666,
                           89.5,  89.58333333333334,  89.66666666666666,
                          89.75,  89.83333333333334,  89.91666666666666,
                           90.0],
            dtype='float64', name='latitude', length=2041))
    • lead_day_index
      PandasIndex
      PandasIndex(Index([0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6], dtype='int64', name='lead_day_index'))
    • longitude
      PandasIndex
      PandasIndex(Index([             -180.0, -179.91666666666666, -179.83333333333334,
                         -179.75, -179.66666666666666, -179.58333333333334,
                          -179.5, -179.41666666666666, -179.33333333333334,
                         -179.25,
             ...
              179.16666666666669,              179.25,  179.33333333333331,
              179.41666666666669,               179.5,  179.58333333333331,
              179.66666666666669,              179.75,  179.83333333333331,
              179.91666666666669],
            dtype='float64', name='longitude', length=4320))
    • first_day_datetime
      PandasIndex
      PandasIndex(DatetimeIndex(['2024-01-03', '2024-01-10', '2024-01-17', '2024-01-24',
                     '2024-01-31', '2024-02-07', '2024-02-14', '2024-02-21',
                     '2024-02-28', '2024-03-06', '2024-03-13', '2024-03-20',
                     '2024-03-27', '2024-04-03', '2024-04-10', '2024-04-17',
                     '2024-04-24', '2024-05-01', '2024-05-08', '2024-05-15',
                     '2024-05-22', '2024-05-29', '2024-06-05', '2024-06-12',
                     '2024-06-19', '2024-06-26', '2024-07-03', '2024-07-10',
                     '2024-07-17', '2024-07-24', '2024-07-31', '2024-08-07',
                     '2024-08-14', '2024-08-21', '2024-08-28', '2024-09-04',
                     '2024-09-11', '2024-09-18', '2024-09-25', '2024-10-02',
                     '2024-10-09', '2024-10-16', '2024-10-23', '2024-10-30',
                     '2024-11-06', '2024-11-13', '2024-11-20', '2024-11-27',
                     '2024-12-04', '2024-12-11', '2024-12-18', '2024-12-25'],
                    dtype='datetime64[ns]', name='first_day_datetime', freq=None))
  • Conventions :
    CF-1.8
    challenger :
    langya
    forecast_reference_time :
    2024-01-02
    oceanbench_source_kind :
    challenger
    oceanbench_source_name :
    langya

Evaluation configuration

region = 'ibi'

Evaluation of challenger dataset using OceanBench

Root Mean Square Deviation (RMSD) of variables compared to GLORYS reanalysis

oceanbench.metrics.rmsd_of_variables_compared_to_glorys_reanalysis(
    challenger_dataset,
    region=region,
)
Lead day 1 Lead day 2 Lead day 3 Lead day 4 Lead day 5 Lead day 6 Lead day 7
Sea surface height (m) [sea_surface_height_above_geoid]{surface} 0.060361 0.062578 0.065082 0.068331 0.069573 0.071352 0.066516
Temperature (°C) [sea_water_potential_temperature]{surface} 0.619591 0.568462 0.505240 0.528274 0.549111 0.612853 0.632734
Salinity (PSU) [sea_water_salinity]{surface} 0.258264 0.261542 0.265463 0.267390 0.270939 0.274698 0.276671
Meridional current (m/s) [northward_sea_water_velocity]{surface} 0.105598 0.105737 0.102859 0.103951 0.102178 0.104436 0.109229
Zonal current (m/s) [eastward_sea_water_velocity]{surface} 0.113686 0.111701 0.110121 0.109988 0.109937 0.112354 0.113514
Temperature (°C) [sea_water_potential_temperature]{50m} 0.693266 0.699209 0.710640 0.713620 0.718136 0.747845 0.744935
Salinity (PSU) [sea_water_salinity]{50m} 0.191046 0.191350 0.191892 0.192168 0.192565 0.193710 0.194280
Meridional current (m/s) [northward_sea_water_velocity]{50m} 0.089183 0.089773 0.092430 0.092289 0.091322 0.092166 0.092957
Zonal current (m/s) [eastward_sea_water_velocity]{50m} 0.093540 0.094244 0.096792 0.096684 0.095976 0.097110 0.097916
Temperature (°C) [sea_water_potential_temperature]{100m} 0.735946 0.732490 0.741752 0.742779 0.744096 0.749086 0.750119
Salinity (PSU) [sea_water_salinity]{100m} 0.197044 0.197021 0.197392 0.197953 0.198622 0.199508 0.200189
Meridional current (m/s) [northward_sea_water_velocity]{100m} 0.086291 0.086592 0.089129 0.089019 0.088257 0.088798 0.089508
Zonal current (m/s) [eastward_sea_water_velocity]{100m} 0.089196 0.089467 0.091843 0.091647 0.090944 0.091864 0.092593
Temperature (°C) [sea_water_potential_temperature]{200m} 0.651387 0.652174 0.664423 0.664613 0.664834 0.663207 0.663016
Salinity (PSU) [sea_water_salinity]{200m} 0.136729 0.136728 0.137104 0.137246 0.137462 0.137519 0.137627
Meridional current (m/s) [northward_sea_water_velocity]{200m} 0.081161 0.081074 0.083007 0.082794 0.082310 0.082437 0.083105
Zonal current (m/s) [eastward_sea_water_velocity]{200m} 0.082564 0.082385 0.084336 0.084006 0.083443 0.083845 0.084531
Temperature (°C) [sea_water_potential_temperature]{300m} 0.535452 0.535896 0.544263 0.544470 0.545047 0.542135 0.541994
Salinity (PSU) [sea_water_salinity]{300m} 0.104837 0.104819 0.105079 0.105125 0.105259 0.105151 0.105182
Meridional current (m/s) [northward_sea_water_velocity]{300m} 0.080341 0.080196 0.082214 0.081860 0.081293 0.081590 0.082362
Zonal current (m/s) [eastward_sea_water_velocity]{300m} 0.081833 0.081639 0.083668 0.083238 0.082589 0.083023 0.083738
Temperature (°C) [sea_water_potential_temperature]{500m} 0.397534 0.397231 0.401003 0.401662 0.402973 0.401047 0.401161
Salinity (PSU) [sea_water_salinity]{500m} 0.091117 0.091135 0.090943 0.091076 0.091236 0.091314 0.091462
Meridional current (m/s) [northward_sea_water_velocity]{500m} 0.083489 0.083185 0.085235 0.084612 0.083823 0.084656 0.085556
Zonal current (m/s) [eastward_sea_water_velocity]{500m} 0.085435 0.085063 0.087108 0.086460 0.085616 0.086447 0.087204

Root Mean Square Deviation (RMSD) of Mixed Layer Depth (MLD) compared to GLORYS reanalysis

oceanbench.metrics.rmsd_of_mixed_layer_depth_compared_to_glorys_reanalysis(
    challenger_dataset,
    region=region,
)
Lead day 1 Lead day 2 Lead day 3 Lead day 4 Lead day 5 Lead day 6 Lead day 7
Mixed layer depth (m) [ocean_mixed_layer_thickness]{surface} 46.275248 37.511662 30.935132 32.834266 34.092312 38.74794 39.862172

Root Mean Square Deviation (RMSD) of geostrophic currents compared to GLORYS reanalysis

oceanbench.metrics.rmsd_of_geostrophic_currents_compared_to_glorys_reanalysis(
    challenger_dataset,
    region=region,
)
Lead day 1 Lead day 2 Lead day 3 Lead day 4 Lead day 5 Lead day 6 Lead day 7
Meridional geostrophic current (m/s) [geostrophic_northward_sea_water_velocity]{surface} 0.089477 0.091299 0.092991 0.093787 0.093865 0.094921 0.096213
Zonal geostrophic current (m/s) [geostrophic_eastward_sea_water_velocity]{surface} 0.091021 0.092417 0.094114 0.094603 0.094661 0.096045 0.097078

Root Mean Square Deviation (RMSD) of variables compared to observations

oceanbench.metrics.rmsd_of_variables_compared_to_observations(
    challenger_dataset,
    region=region,
)
Lead day 1 Lead day 2 Lead day 3 Lead day 4 Lead day 5 Lead day 6 Lead day 7
Temperature (°C) [sea_water_potential_temperature]{surface} 0.695292 0.633569 0.630924 0.557584 0.584486 0.667529 0.859473
Temperature (°C) [sea_water_potential_temperature]{0-5m} 0.682071 0.609013 0.456690 0.572447 0.604897 0.646114 0.701758
Temperature (°C) [sea_water_potential_temperature]{5-100m} 0.716803 0.696524 0.680253 0.690964 0.778317 0.734166 0.750677
Temperature (°C) [sea_water_potential_temperature]{100-300m} 0.300960 0.326613 0.320029 0.319125 0.332471 0.332792 0.338086
Temperature (°C) [sea_water_potential_temperature]{300-600m} 0.256846 0.250014 0.238363 0.238176 0.241380 0.252914 0.248764
Salinity (PSU) [sea_water_salinity]{0-5m} 0.665095 0.865429 0.849486 0.656230 0.632459 0.738958 0.639721
Salinity (PSU) [sea_water_salinity]{5-100m} 0.268923 0.322581 0.326464 0.272210 0.297687 0.307152 0.293127
Salinity (PSU) [sea_water_salinity]{100-300m} 0.110056 0.094990 0.116685 0.087616 0.131195 0.115879 0.125396
Salinity (PSU) [sea_water_salinity]{300-600m} 0.041557 0.043327 0.043931 0.042518 0.044602 0.047315 0.050872
Sea level anomaly (m) [sea_surface_height_above_geoid]{surface} 0.048665 0.048311 0.049110 0.046917 0.047700 0.051046 0.053610
Zonal current (m/s) [eastward_sea_water_velocity]{15m} 0.219735 0.221985 0.222494 0.220487 0.206839 0.218924 0.215025
Meridional current (m/s) [northward_sea_water_velocity]{15m} 0.184722 0.184772 0.183999 0.181374 0.183578 0.182098 0.185245

Deviation of Lagrangian trajectories compared to GLORYS reanalysis

oceanbench.metrics.deviation_of_lagrangian_trajectories_compared_to_glorys_reanalysis(
    challenger_dataset,
    region=region,
)
Lead day 2 Lead day 3 Lead day 4 Lead day 5 Lead day 6
Lagrangian trajectory deviation (km) []{surface} 10.325733 19.372841 27.442385 35.009399 42.015175

Root Mean Square Deviation (RMSD) of variables compared to GLO12 analysis

oceanbench.metrics.rmsd_of_variables_compared_to_glo12_analysis(
    challenger_dataset,
    region=region,
)
Lead day 1 Lead day 2 Lead day 3 Lead day 4 Lead day 5 Lead day 6 Lead day 7
Sea surface height (m) [sea_surface_height_above_geoid]{surface} 0.029432 0.035548 0.037690 0.044180 0.045998 0.048296 0.045289
Temperature (°C) [sea_water_potential_temperature]{surface} 0.513924 0.431846 0.349182 0.403144 0.443882 0.513787 0.559750
Salinity (PSU) [sea_water_salinity]{surface} 0.059625 0.088356 0.107840 0.122619 0.134953 0.144234 0.152166
Meridional current (m/s) [northward_sea_water_velocity]{surface} 0.070947 0.072757 0.063752 0.070001 0.072912 0.083437 0.094977
Zonal current (m/s) [eastward_sea_water_velocity]{surface} 0.073848 0.073745 0.068712 0.073388 0.078423 0.089197 0.096121
Temperature (°C) [sea_water_potential_temperature]{50m} 0.265159 0.308992 0.329606 0.380024 0.423351 0.482153 0.518711
Salinity (PSU) [sea_water_salinity]{50m} 0.039856 0.058050 0.072688 0.084577 0.094163 0.103000 0.110349
Meridional current (m/s) [northward_sea_water_velocity]{50m} 0.042598 0.045904 0.046258 0.052861 0.057976 0.068213 0.076080
Zonal current (m/s) [eastward_sea_water_velocity]{50m} 0.042424 0.046830 0.047724 0.054650 0.059989 0.070692 0.078637
Temperature (°C) [sea_water_potential_temperature]{100m} 0.193311 0.236163 0.270666 0.315054 0.353224 0.398639 0.434438
Salinity (PSU) [sea_water_salinity]{100m} 0.039247 0.057849 0.073395 0.086429 0.096965 0.105854 0.113302
Meridional current (m/s) [northward_sea_water_velocity]{100m} 0.038083 0.041316 0.042425 0.048973 0.054195 0.064726 0.072558
Zonal current (m/s) [eastward_sea_water_velocity]{100m} 0.036707 0.041512 0.043434 0.050015 0.055370 0.066078 0.073650
Temperature (°C) [sea_water_potential_temperature]{200m} 0.148926 0.181349 0.208638 0.241613 0.270211 0.303881 0.333470
Salinity (PSU) [sea_water_salinity]{200m} 0.026568 0.037465 0.046588 0.054286 0.060649 0.066100 0.070987
Meridional current (m/s) [northward_sea_water_velocity]{200m} 0.032762 0.035734 0.036159 0.042135 0.047507 0.057407 0.064895
Zonal current (m/s) [eastward_sea_water_velocity]{200m} 0.031501 0.035616 0.036769 0.042628 0.047949 0.057595 0.064903
Temperature (°C) [sea_water_potential_temperature]{300m} 0.121590 0.155369 0.182048 0.211546 0.236988 0.265121 0.289934
Salinity (PSU) [sea_water_salinity]{300m} 0.021189 0.030520 0.037890 0.044181 0.049366 0.053730 0.057661
Meridional current (m/s) [northward_sea_water_velocity]{300m} 0.030324 0.033885 0.035105 0.040989 0.046291 0.055626 0.062897
Zonal current (m/s) [eastward_sea_water_velocity]{300m} 0.029560 0.034123 0.035601 0.041406 0.046679 0.055691 0.062792
Temperature (°C) [sea_water_potential_temperature]{500m} 0.091490 0.128905 0.155986 0.183065 0.206339 0.228589 0.247528
Salinity (PSU) [sea_water_salinity]{500m} 0.018414 0.027539 0.034690 0.040661 0.045585 0.049662 0.053248
Meridional current (m/s) [northward_sea_water_velocity]{500m} 0.026224 0.032321 0.036940 0.043036 0.048312 0.056819 0.063556
Zonal current (m/s) [eastward_sea_water_velocity]{500m} 0.025348 0.032371 0.037552 0.043760 0.049094 0.057345 0.063898

Root Mean Square Deviation (RMSD) of Mixed Layer Depth (MLD) compared to GLO12 analysis

oceanbench.metrics.rmsd_of_mixed_layer_depth_compared_to_glo12_analysis(
    challenger_dataset,
    region=region,
)
Lead day 1 Lead day 2 Lead day 3 Lead day 4 Lead day 5 Lead day 6 Lead day 7
Mixed layer depth (m) [ocean_mixed_layer_thickness]{surface} 43.551025 33.943386 26.734418 29.485549 31.316682 36.968545 38.643863

Root Mean Square Deviation (RMSD) of geostrophic currents compared to GLO12 analysis

oceanbench.metrics.rmsd_of_geostrophic_currents_compared_to_glo12_analysis(
    challenger_dataset,
    region=region,
)
Lead day 1 Lead day 2 Lead day 3 Lead day 4 Lead day 5 Lead day 6 Lead day 7
Meridional geostrophic current (m/s) [geostrophic_northward_sea_water_velocity]{surface} 0.040558 0.047826 0.049284 0.056759 0.062385 0.072252 0.079978
Zonal geostrophic current (m/s) [geostrophic_eastward_sea_water_velocity]{surface} 0.037728 0.044863 0.046857 0.053982 0.059875 0.070098 0.077642

Deviation of Lagrangian trajectories compared to GLO12 analysis

oceanbench.metrics.deviation_of_lagrangian_trajectories_compared_to_glo12_analysis(
    challenger_dataset,
    region=region,
)
Lead day 2 Lead day 3 Lead day 4 Lead day 5 Lead day 6
Lagrangian trajectory deviation (km) []{surface} 6.939085 12.581882 17.534216 22.869259 28.461174
 

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