Interpolation of total precipitation is affected by the changes to:
- the land sea-mask processing
- the default interpolation method
- the distance computation and selection of nearest points
- the change to the precipitation thresholds
HRES - O1280
Total precipitation for a 24 hour period has been interpolated from the O1280 octahedral reduced Gaussian grid to regular lat-lon grids at different target resolutions using EMOSLIB and MIR.
- For the cases shown here, differences between MIR and EMOSLIB are generally less than +/- 25mm
- In general, more than 99.5% of points differ by less than 0.5mm
- The largest differences occur close to the coasts and in areas where the gradient of the field changes most rapidly
The plots show the differences with the contours chosen on a logarithmic scale to enhance the smaller differences. Differences smaller than 0.1% of the field range are not shown. Grid points where the absolute difference is greater than 25% of the maximum absolute difference are indicated with red (EMOSLIB greater than MIR) and blue (EMOSLIB less than MIR) filled circles.
Target resolution | Statistics of differences | Histogram of differences | Global | Europe |
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0.1x0.1 | Maximum difference = 19.104004 Minimum difference = -22.705078 Mean absolute difference = 0.020782 Median absolute difference = 0.000000 Standard deviation = 0.101433 RMS of differences = 0.101460 Percentage of points with absolute difference < 0.10 = 96.346% < 0.50 = 99.548% < 1.00 = 99.861% | -25.0 :-20.0 - 1 ( 0.000015%) -20.0 :-15.0 - 2 ( 0.000031%) -15.0 :-10.0 - 17 ( 0.000262%) -10.0 :-5.0 - 116 ( 0.001789%) -5.0 :0.0 - 1786184 ( 27.549263%) 0.0 :5.0 - 4697178 ( 72.447066%) 5.0 :10.0 - 94 ( 0.001450%) 10.0 :15.0 - 7 ( 0.000108%) 15.0 :20.0 - 1 ( 0.000015%) 20.0 :25.0 - 0 ( 0.000000%) | | |
0.125x0.125 | Maximum difference = 10.871887 Minimum difference = -22.705078 Mean absolute difference = 0.020879 Median absolute difference = 0.000000 Standard deviation = 0.100942 RMS of differences = 0.100969 Percentage of points with absolute difference < 0.10 = 96.319% < 0.50 = 99.542% < 1.00 = 99.854% | -25.0 :-20.0 - 1 ( 0.000024%) -20.0 :-15.0 - 2 ( 0.000048%) -15.0 :-10.0 - 6 ( 0.000145%) -10.0 :-5.0 - 73 ( 0.001759%) -5.0 :0.0 - 1141413 ( 27.503398%) 0.0 :5.0 - 3008520 ( 72.493060%) 5.0 :10.0 - 62 ( 0.001494%) 10.0 :15.0 - 3 ( 0.000072%) 15.0 :20.0 - 0 ( 0.000000%) 20.0 :25.0 - 0 ( 0.000000%) | | |
0.25x0.25 | Maximum difference = 10.833740 Minimum difference = -22.705078 Mean absolute difference = 0.021054 Median absolute difference = 0.000000 Standard deviation = 0.105902 RMS of differences = 0.105929 Percentage of points with absolute difference < 0.10 = 96.313% < 0.50 = 99.539% < 1.00 = 99.846% | -25.0 :-20.0 - 1 ( 0.000096%) -20.0 :-15.0 - 0 ( 0.000000%) -15.0 :-10.0 - 3 ( 0.000289%) -10.0 :-5.0 - 21 ( 0.002023%) -5.0 :0.0 - 283568 ( 27.312375%) 0.0 :5.0 - 754629 ( 72.683484%) 5.0 :10.0 - 16 ( 0.001541%) 10.0 :15.0 - 2 ( 0.000193%) 15.0 :20.0 - 0 ( 0.000000%) 20.0 :25.0 - 0 ( 0.000000%) | | |
0.5x0.5 | Maximum difference = 11.169434 Minimum difference = -11.848450 Mean absolute difference = 0.021755 Median absolute difference = 0.000000 Standard deviation = 0.114793 RMS of differences = 0.114817 Percentage of points with absolute difference < 0.10 = 96.267% < 0.50 = 99.493% < 1.00 = 99.818% | -15.0 :-10.0 - 1 ( 0.000385% -10.0 :-5.0 - 6 ( 0.002308%) -5.0 :0.0 - 70372 ( 27.074484%) 0.0 :5.0 - 189536 ( 72.920899%) 5.0 :10.0 - 4 ( 0.001539%) 10.0 :15.0 - 1 ( 0.000385%) | | |
1.0x1.0 | Maximum difference = 8.422852 Minimum difference = -11.848450 Mean absolute difference = 0.021210 Median absolute difference = 0.000000 Standard deviation = 0.122580 RMS of differences = 0.122593 Percentage of points with absolute difference < 0.10 = 96.466% < 0.50 = 99.520% < 1.00 = 99.831% | -15.0 :-10.0 - 1 ( 0.001535%) -10.0 :-5.0 - 2 ( 0.003069%) -5.0 :0.0 - 17289 ( 26.533149%) 0.0 :5.0 - 47867 ( 73.460712%) 5.0 :10.0 - 1 ( 0.001535%) 10.0 :15.0 - 0 ( 0.000000%) | | |