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7: Model and Data Comparisons
7: Model and Data Comparisons
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analysis of irregularly spaced observations. Alternatively, analyzed fields may be constructed from a numerical model forecast, adjusted to be consistent in some eas~-squares sense with all available observations acquired since the previous "analysis time." Independent estimates of the same quantity are never precisely the same, and small differences can sometimes have a profound influence on the scientific interpretation or application of the geophysical field.
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Assessing the strengths and weaknesses of a mode} is thus complicated by the large number of possible variables that can be considered. For example, present global ocean circulation models can reproduce the statistics of sea level variability with some accuracy but generally underestimate the surface eddy kinetic energy computed from surface velocities (e.g., see Morrow et al., 1992~.
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