Skill Assessment – GBR4
Time series comparisons of GBR4 simulation against observations
Sea surface height
Cooktown, Cairns, Townsville, Palm Passage, Mackay, Rosslyn Bay, Mooloolaba, Tweed Heads
Low-frequency sea surface height
Cooktown, Cairns, Townsville, Palm Passage, Mackay, Rosslyn Bay, Mooloolaba, Tweed Heads
Sea surface temperature at wave buoys
Townsville, Palm Passage, Abbot Point, Mackay, Hay Point – last month / year to date
Emu Park, Gladstone, Mooloolaba Caloundra – last month / year to date
North Moreton Bay, Point Lookout, North Stradbroke Island, Gold Coast, Tweed Heads – last month / year to date
Temperature
Palm Passage (surface and 15 m), North Stradbroke (surface and 20 m), Wistari Channel (surface)
Salinity
Palm Passage (15 m), North Stradbroke (20 m), Wistari Channel (surface)
ARGO temperature and salinity profiles (GBR4)
Map of argo float positions for near real time model
These profiles are updated as Argo floats come into range of the model domain
ARGO temperature plot 1, plot 2, plot 3
ARGO salinity plot 1, plot 2, plot 3