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FOAM Model Validation
Validation of various FOAM model parameters is undertaken regularly by the verification team within the Met Office. The table below provides links to the most recent validation plots for temperature and salinity at different depths and the mixed layer depth for a selection of model configerations.
Each of these plots present the most recent 50-day timeseries of model validation. Statistics include number of observations, Forecast-Observed mean and RMS error and a skill score. Statistics are generated for different forecast times, from T+0 to T+120.
| Model Configeration |
Parameter and Depth | |
Global |
Temperature at 5m | Salinity at 5m |
| Temperature at 200m | Salinity at 200m | |
| Temperature at 1000m | Salinity at 1000m | |
| Mixed layer depth | ||
Atlantic |
Temperature at 5m | Salinity at 5m |
| Temperature at 200m | Salinity at 200m | |
| Temperature at 1000m | Salinity at 1000m | |
| Mixed layer depth | ||
Indian Ocean |
Temperature at 5m | Salinity at 5m |
| Temperature at 200m | Salinity at 200m | |
| Temperature at 1000m | Salinity at 1000m | |