Data Intercomparisons

Reynold's fields vs. buoy data

Reynold's weekly SST vs. buoy SST. Top left: 0,156E 1 m buoy SST (black) and 0.5S,155.5E Reynold's SST (red). Top right: 0,165E 1m buoy SST (black) and 0.5S, 164.5E Reynold's SST (red). Bottom left: 0,154E 3m buoy SST (magenta) -- I use only the portion highlighted in (black) and 0.5S,153.5E Reynold's SST (red). Bottom right: 0,160.5E 3m buoy SST (black) and 0.5S,160.5E Reynold's SST (red).

The full 0,154E data set (magenta) includes data from when a vandal ship dragged and deposited the mooring in some far away location.
Reynold's monthly SSS vs. buoy SSS. Top left: 0,156E 1 m buoy SSS (black) and 0.5S,155.5E Reynold's SSS (red). Top right: 0,165E 1m buoy SSS (black) and 0.5S, 164.5E Reynold's SSS (red). Bottom left: 0,154E 3m buoy SST (magenta) -- I use only the portion highlighted in (black) and 0.5S,153.5E Reynold's SSS (red). Bottom right: 0,160.5E 3m buoy SSS (black) and 0.5S,160.5E Reynold's SSS (red). The buoy salinity data at 0,154E and 0,160.5E has not yet been postprocessed.
Precipitation and evaporation at 0,156E Upper panel: Buoy Optical Rain Gauge (black), Reynold's reanalysis (red), Xie and Arkin precipitation (blue). Lower panel: Buoy bulk evaporation (black), and Reynold's reanalysis (red).

Meghan F. Cronin
Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory
7600 Sand Point Way NE
Seattle, WA 98115 USA