Stratus Observed data vs Model Outputs

Data Sources
OBS Met
OBS Flux
ERA
NCEP2
MERRA2
OAF

Yearly averages of observed meteorogical and surface fluxes are compared with model outputs.

For information on data sources and variable descriptions, please see AnnualMeans.html.

See also StratusAnnualMeans.html for a discussion of the variation by year of observed data.


Meteorological Means

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Year: 2001


VariableOBSERANCEP2MERRA2OAF
ATMP19.5019.1820.0819.6919.57
SH10.310.411.310.611.2
SST20.3920.4620.46NA20.48
WSPD5.46.36.86.26.9
WDIR308.0305.7NA308.8NA
SWR214.4219.8NANANA
LWR378.3371.4NANANA
RAINtot1.2129.724.239.2NA
BPR1017.51017.71015.0NANA


Year: 2002


VariableOBSERANCEP2MERRA2OAF
ATMP19.3919.0019.9119.5519.42
SH10.110.411.210.511.0
SST20.3720.2620.26NA20.33
WSPD5.66.66.76.47.1
WDIR309.1307.1NA308.6NA
SWR209.7219.4NANANA
LWR376.8372.7NANANA
RAINtot25.9118.221.439.7NA
BPR1017.61017.81015.2NANA


Year: 2003


VariableOBSERANCEP2MERRA2OAF
ATMP19.5819.1120.0819.7219.60
SH10.310.411.210.710.9
SST20.4220.4220.46NA20.43
WSPD5.96.86.96.57.0
WDIR301.4303.1NA306.0NA
SWR196.6217.0NANANA
LWR379.8373.8NANANA
RAINtot25.9118.216.929.3NA
BPR1017.81018.01015.4NANA


Year: 2004


VariableOBSERANCEP2MERRA2OAF
ATMP19.3118.8719.8819.5219.45
SH10.110.211.110.610.7
SST20.1020.2020.23NA20.28
WSPD5.96.86.86.67.1
WDIR301.4306.3NA308.5NA
SWR197.9217.7NANANA
LWR373.8371.8NANANA
RAINtot27.5137.716.775.9NA
BPR1017.81018.01015.6NANA


Year: 2005


VariableOBSERANCEP2MERRA2OAF
ATMP19.8319.3020.2019.8519.82
SH10.510.411.410.811.0
SST20.5020.5920.53NA20.57
WSPD5.96.66.26.46.9
WDIR301.2303.4NA306.1NA
SWR202.2219.9NANANA
LWR374.4373.2NANANA
RAINtot29.9122.625.4232.9NA
BPR1017.71018.11015.7NANA


Year: 2006


VariableOBSERANCEP2MERRA2OAF
ATMP19.6419.4220.4619.9319.99
SH10.210.511.510.911.1
SST20.6320.7420.75NA20.78
WSPD5.66.45.96.26.7
WDIR301.7303.6NA306.2NA
SWR197.8223.7NANANA
LWR373.4373.1NANANA
RAINtot121.6117.210.7131.7NA
BPR1017.21017.51015.1NANA


Year: 2007


VariableOBSERANCEP2MERRA2OAF
ATMP18.7918.5819.5319.0719.14
SH9.69.810.910.310.6
SST19.8419.9119.91NA19.98
WSPD6.57.36.96.97.5
WDIR305.3305.0NA307.9NA
SWR200.5218.2NANANA
LWR372.1369.2NANANA
RAINtot119.6121.132.9135.9NA
BPR1018.21018.61015.9NANA


Year: 2008


VariableOBSERANCEP2MERRA2OAF
ATMP19.9219.4020.2519.8619.88
SH10.510.311.210.810.9
SST20.7020.6920.65NA20.65
WSPD5.66.26.06.16.7
WDIR297.9303.1NA305.9NA
SWR205.9222.1NANANA
LWR375.7371.8NANANA
RAINtot0.0112.720.5111.6NA
BPR1017.61018.01015.3NANA


Year: 2009


VariableOBSERANCEP2MERRA2OAF
ATMP19.7919.2720.2619.8719.84
SH10.410.411.310.911.1
SST20.7320.6720.62NA20.65
WSPD6.37.27.16.97.3
WDIR297.9303.2NA305.3NA
SWR193.7214.9NANANA
LWR382.0377.6NANANA
RAINtot0.0103.216.863.4NA
BPR1017.41017.71014.8NANA


Year: 2010


VariableOBSERANCEP2MERRA2OAF
ATMPNA18.2719.1918.8918.83
SHNA9.610.810.310.4
SSTNA19.6319.54NA19.55
WSPDNA7.57.37.07.5
WDIRNA306.8NA309.1NA
SWRNA207.8NANANA
LWRNA372.0NANANA
RAINtotNA111.736.5120.8NA
BPRNA1019.01015.7NANA


Year: 2011


VariableOBSERANCEP2MERRA2OAF
ATMPNA18.4119.4419.0218.97
SHNA9.710.810.310.4
SSTNA19.7719.75NA19.70
WSPDNA7.27.06.87.2
WDIRNA306.1NA308.2NA
SWRNA210.0NANANA
LWRNA371.6NANANA
RAINtotNA109.511.3111.7NA
BPRNA1018.41015.3NANA


Year: 2012


VariableOBSERANCEP2MERRA2OAF
ATMP20.1819.7020.3320.1320.11
SH10.610.411.411.111.3
SST21.0721.0020.95NA20.89
WSPD5.66.76.76.27.1
WDIR309.3306.9NA309.4NA
SWR220.8217.1NANANA
LWR376.8374.2NANANA
RAINtot167.2118.538.760.7NA
BPR1017.21017.51014.5NANA


Year: 2013


VariableOBSERANCEP2MERRA2OAF
ATMP19.3819.0819.7819.6119.51
SH10.110.111.010.810.8
SST20.2720.4920.22NA20.25
WSPD5.97.17.16.67.2
WDIR310.8306.9NA309.0NA
SWR208.4210.6NANANA
LWR377.0374.8NANANA
RAINtot330.9130.928.3108.3NA
BPR1017.91018.01015.0NANA


Year: 2014


VariableOBSERANCEP2MERRA2OAF
ATMPNA18.8819.1319.3819.35
SHNA10.010.910.610.7
SSTNA20.1619.88NA19.98
WSPDNA7.37.26.97.6
WDIRNA306.8NA308.2NA
SWRNA217.0NANANA
LWRNA372.2NANANA
RAINtotNA104.0228.784.1NA
BPRNA1018.31016.1NANA


Year: 2015


VariableOBSERANCEP2MERRA2OAF
ATMP19.5819.3519.2019.8019.76
SH10.210.211.010.911.0
SST20.4220.6420.41NA20.46
WSPD5.86.86.96.47.1
WDIR308.0304.8NA306.8NA
SWR201.3226.5174.1NANA
LWR378.8372.9379.3NANA
RAINtot14.562.2387.390.4NA
BPR1017.01017.41016.5NANA


Year: 2016


VariableOBSERANCEP2MERRA2OAF
ATMP20.2219.8519.8120.3020.36
SH10.410.511.211.211.4
SST21.1121.1621.05NA21.07
WSPD5.56.46.36.06.7
WDIR307.5304.3NA306.3NA
SWR210.0222.8187.0NANA
LWR380.5376.9379.6NANA
RAINtot19.973.0392.978.2NA
BPR1017.31017.81016.9NANA



Surface Flux Means

Surface fluxes are calculated with the COARE 3.5 Bulk Flux algorithm (Fairall et al., 1996, 2003, Edson et al., 2012)

Mouse over variable names for definitions.

Year: 2001


VariableOBS_FLUXERANCEP2MERRA2OAF
QB-7.2-14.6-5.3-9.1-10.2
QH-95.6-118.4-119.6-120.5-94.5
QN59.425.244.517.1NA
Qs202.7207.8221.1205.9NA
Ql-40.5-49.7-51.7-59.2NA
WSSv0.0650.0830.0750.089NA
WSSsc0.0690.0830.0750.089NA
WSD308.0304.9303.7307.6NA


Year: 2002


VariableOBS_FLUXERANCEP2MERRA2OAF
QB-8.2-14.4-4.6-10.0-10.2
QH-105.8-116.5-116.4-127.0-97.6
QN42.329.246.37.9NA
Qs198.2207.2222.7202.7NA
Ql-41.9-47.2-55.4-57.8NA
WSSv0.0690.0890.0710.093NA
WSSsc0.0750.0890.0710.093NA
WSD308.6306.6302.5307.5NA


Year: 2003


VariableOBS_FLUXERANCEP2MERRA2OAF
QB-6.9-14.5-4.6-8.5-9.0
QH-100.8-119.9-117.1-119.3-100.9
QN38.923.642.216.7NA
Qs185.8205.0211.2199.2NA
Ql-39.2-47.0-47.3-54.7NA
WSSv0.0750.0910.0720.093NA
WSSsc0.0790.0910.0720.093NA
WSD301.6303.1303.7305.4NA


Year: 2004


VariableOBS_FLUXERANCEP2MERRA2OAF
QB-6.6-15.1-3.9-9.6-9.1
QH-99.6-122.1-114.5-122.5-101.7
QN37.520.744.39.0NA
Qs187.0205.7211.6196.8NA
Ql-43.3-47.8-49.1-55.7NA
WSSv0.0760.0920.0700.093NA
WSSsc0.0800.0920.0700.093NA
WSD301.2306.0304.2307.6NA


Year: 2005


VariableOBS_FLUXERANCEP2MERRA2OAF
QB-5.1-14.3-3.7-9.7-8.3
QH-98.2-123.4-107.3-123.9-99.5
QN42.821.655.38.1NA
Qs191.1207.9217.9198.5NA
Ql-45.0-48.6-51.6-56.8NA
WSSv0.0760.0900.0630.092NA
WSSsc0.0800.0900.0630.092NA
WSD302.1303.7303.8305.8NA


Year: 2006


VariableOBS_FLUXERANCEP2MERRA2OAF
QB-7.9-13.9-2.5-9.6-8.0
QH-106.9-120.8-100.7-120.9-98.4
QN25.627.369.115.0NA
Qs186.9211.5231.4203.1NA
Ql-46.5-49.5-59.0-57.6NA
WSSv0.0690.0830.0540.086NA
WSSsc0.0730.0830.0540.086NA
WSD301.9304.1301.5305.8NA


Year: 2007


VariableOBS_FLUXERANCEP2MERRA2OAF
QB-10.3-16.3-5.1-11.3-10.0
QH-116.2-132.5-116.7-126.5-106.0
QN19.68.745.92.2NA
Qs189.5206.2221.6196.7NA
Ql-43.5-48.7-53.9-56.8NA
WSSv0.0910.1060.0790.108NA
WSSsc0.0940.1060.0790.108NA
WSD306.1304.9303.1307.2NA


Year: 2008


VariableOBS_FLUXERANCEP2MERRA2OAF
QB-6.1-14.5-4.6-10.1-8.2
QH-102.7-126.8-116.0-121.2-102.2
QN41.018.148.514.8NA
Qs194.5210.0223.9206.2NA
Ql-44.8-50.5-54.9-60.1NA
WSSv0.0720.0850.0620.086NA
WSSsc0.0760.0850.0620.086NA
WSD298.1303.5299.8305.2NA


Year: 2009


VariableOBS_FLUXERANCEP2MERRA2OAF
QB-8.5-16.6-4.0-10.7-8.9
QH-114.6-136.1-124.9-127.9-105.5
QN21.15.439.74.1NA
Qs183.0202.9220.9196.6NA
Ql-38.8-44.7-52.3-53.9NA
WSSv0.0870.1030.0770.103NA
WSSsc0.0900.1030.0770.103NA
WSD298.2303.4300.2304.8NA


Year: 2010


VariableOBS_FLUXERANCEP2MERRA2OAF
QBNA-17.2-4.4-11.4-8.5
QHNA-136.8-115.3-124.0-98.6
QNNA-2.349.7-4.5NA
QsNA196.0221.7182.5NA
QlNA-44.4-52.3-51.7NA
WSSvNA0.1100.0840.108NA
WSSscNA0.1100.0840.108NA
WSDNA306.0305.4308.0NA


Year: 2011


VariableOBS_FLUXERANCEP2MERRA2OAF
QBNA-16.2-3.4-11.1-8.1
QHNA-130.2-116.4-122.1-97.2
QNNA6.248.12.9NA
QsNA198.1222.5191.0NA
QlNA-45.5-54.6-55.0NA
WSSvNA0.0990.0750.099NA
WSSscNA0.0990.0750.099NA
WSDNA304.9304.7307.3NA


Year: 2012


VariableOBS_FLUXERANCEP2MERRA2OAF
QB-7.5-15.4-8.4-12.0-8.9
QH-111.1-137.9-135.0-128.0-101.9
QN44.41.721.52.3NA
Qs208.7205.1213.3202.1NA
Ql-45.7-50.0-48.5-59.8NA
WSSv0.0740.0930.0780.093NA
WSSsc0.0790.0930.0780.093NA
WSD309.4306.0305.3308.4NA


Year: 2013


VariableOBS_FLUXERANCEP2MERRA2OAF
QB-7.7-16.9-5.9-12.2-8.1
QH-105.4-137.2-127.5-127.0-100.9
QN42.6-1.834.3-3.2NA
Qs196.9198.9218.7191.9NA
Ql-41.2-46.5-51.0-55.8NA
WSSv0.0780.0990.0840.100NA
WSSsc0.0820.0990.0840.100NA
WSD310.3304.7305.2307.5NA


Year: 2014


VariableOBS_FLUXERANCEP2MERRA2OAF
QBNA-15.2-9.0-11.5-7.5
QHNA-136.6-112.5-128.0-102.7
QNNA6.117.4-3.1NA
QsNA205.0180.2191.8NA
QlNA-47.1-41.3-55.4NA
WSSvNA0.1050.0900.105NA
WSSscNA0.1050.0900.105NA
WSDNA304.7306.4306.8NA


Year: 2015


VariableOBS_FLUXERANCEP2MERRA2OAF
QB-6.8-14.3-13.6-11.4-7.7
QH-105.0-131.6-109.9-122.0-97.7
QN38.219.2-2.26.3NA
Qs190.2214.1163.1194.8NA
Ql-40.2-49.1-41.8-55.0NA
WSSv0.0720.0920.0870.090NA
WSSsc0.0750.0920.0870.090NA
WSD307.7303.8305.3305.9NA


Year: 2016


VariableOBS_FLUXERANCEP2MERRA2OAF
QB-6.9-13.7-12.5-11.1-7.5
QH-107.8-129.3-109.7-119.7-98.5
QN41.519.27.713.4NA
Qs198.5210.4175.1201.0NA
Ql-42.3-48.2-45.1-56.7NA
WSSv0.0650.0790.0730.081NA
WSSsc0.0680.0790.0730.081NA
WSD307.2303.7305.2305.6NA







Last updated: July 5, 2018