Re: [ferret_users] Spatial correlations[EOF PC, field]

[Fabian Lienert <cccma-student-003@xxxxxxxx>]

Hi again,

When using the monthly anomlies, the spatial correlations look fine.

Apologies,

Fabian


Fabian Lienert wrote:
> Hi Ferret crowd,
>
> When I plot the spatial correlations between the leading principal 
> component of an SST dataset
> (inferred from Ferret's EOF functions based on correlation matrix) and 
> the SST dataset itself, the correlations in the domain of the EOF 
> analysis are very low (see attached Figure). In the North Pacific they 
> are supposed to explain 20% of the total variance. Shouldn't R-squared 
> averaged over the domain be about 0.2? Therefore the correlation should 
> be 0.45 on average in this domain.
>
> Thanks,
> Fabian
>
>
> Ferret-Code
>
> use "SST_months.nc"
> use "SST_months_ann_cycle_rem_np_eof_corr_tfunc.nc"
> SET REGION/X=90e:80w/Y=20N:65N
> let q = (eoftime[d=2,i=1]); let p = SST_DETRENDED[d=1]; go variance
> fill correl
> /Ferret-Code
>
>
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