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Multi-generational inter-comparison of climate model performance metrics
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Implement optional area-weighting in xskillscore metrics #1

Closed hdrake closed 4 years ago

hdrake commented 5 years ago

Currently, the performance metrics implemented in xskillscore (https://github.com/raybellwaves/xskillscore/blob/master/xskillscore/core/deterministic.py) do not allow for weighting by grid cell area when calculating a global-mean skill metric (as is customary in the literature, e.g. Reichler et al. 2008 https://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/abs/10.1175/BAMS-89-3-303).

Step 1 (a simple hack): multiply fields by a grid-cell area field, calculate the skill metric, and divide by the global-mean grid cell area.

Step 2: submit a PR to xskillscore (https://github.com/raybellwaves/xskillscore/) to make this a supported feature.

hdrake commented 5 years ago

Now implemented in master branch https://github.com/hdrake/cmip6hack-multigen/pull/12

Will wait to close this issue until area-weighting has been merged into the master branch of xskillscore.