A topological approach for quantitative comparisons of ocean model fields to satellite ocean color data

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• 作者：Hannah R. Hiester^a ; ^{hhiester@fsu.edu} ; Steven L. Morey^a ; Dmitry S. Dukhovskoy^a ; Eric P. Chassignet^a ; Vassiliki H. Kourafalou^b ; Chuanmin Hu^c
• 关键词：Satellite data ; Ocean model ; Ocean color ; Sea surface salinity ; Shape comparison ; Hausdorff distance
• 刊名：Methods in Oceanography
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：December 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：17
• 期：Complete
• 页码：232-250
• 全文大小：4149 K
• 卷排序：17

文摘

A topological metric is introduced for comparing differing but related geophysical fields. The metric is demonstrated by comparing satellite ocean color data to model salinity. The metric allows quantitative comparison of spatial characteristics of observed and modeled fields.