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Proposed Metrics to Evaluate Coupled Model Performance in the Tropical Pacific

Proposed Metrics to Evaluate Coupled Model Performance in the Tropical Pacific

M. Balmaseda, on behalf of the Pacific Panel
(A. Timmerman, A. Clements, M. McPhaden,......)


The Pacific Panel is compiling a list of indices that can be used as metrics to evaluate the performance of coupled models in the tropical Pacific. The emphasis is on the mean state, seasonal cycle and ENSO variability. Some of the indices have been widely used in the literature, and they need little introduction. Others, more innovative, will be explained and discussed in detail. The proposed indices will be calculated either from observations and/or from climate reanalysis, and, when possible, error bars will be given.