Evaluation of Global High-Resolution Reanalysis Products Based on the Chinese Global Oceanography Forecasting System

The global high-resolution marine reanalysis products that were independently developed by the National Marine Environmental Forecasting Center based on the Chinese Global Oceanography Forecasting System (CGOFS), are evaluated by comparing their climatologies with internationally recognized data from WOA (Word Ocean Atlas), SODA (Simple Ocean Data Assimilation), AVISO (Archiving, Validation, and Interpretation of Satellite Oceanographic Data), and C-GLORS (Global Ocean Reanalysis System). The results show that the SST RMSEs of CGOFS and SODA against WOA are 0.51 °C and 0.43 °C respectively; and in the North Pacific, the SST of CGOGS is closer to that of WOA than SODA. The SSS RMSEs of CGOFS and SODA compared with WOA are 0.48 PSU and 0.40 PSU, respectively. CGOFS can reproduce the main large-scale ocean circulation globally, and obtain a similar vertical structure of the Equatorial Undercurrent as SODA. The RMSE of the CGOFS global sea-level anomaly against AVISO is 0.018 m. The monthly averaged sea-ice extents are between those of SODA and C-GLORS in each month; the growth and ablation characteristics of the ice volume are consistent with SODA and C-GLORS; but the ice volume of CGOFS is greater than that of SODA and C-GLORS. In general, the climatology of the CGOFS global high-resolution reanalysis products are basically consistent with similar international products, and can thus provide reliable data for the improvement of marine science and technology in China.