Table 1 Validation statistics of significant wave height (Hs), swell wave height (HsS), wave period (Tm) and swell wave period (TmS), averaged over the six NIO mooring locations for the SON period of 2016–2021.

From: Exploring the impact of southern ocean sea ice on the Indian Ocean swells

Year

Statistics

Variable

Hs

HsS

Tm

TmS

W3with_ice

W3no_ice

W3with_ice

W3no_ice

W3with_ice

W3no_ice

W3with_ice

W3no_ice

2016–2021 (n = 8774)

Bias(cm)

− 1.00

6.00

4.00

13.00

0.96

1.11

0.49

0.78

corr

0.94

0.94

0.83

0.83

0.72

0.70

0.68

0.65

rmse

0.21

0.22

0.20

0.24

1.41

1.56

0.80

1.03

SI

0.14

0.15

0.25

0.30

0.24

0.26

0.06

0.08

  1. The statistics are valid at 95% confidence level (p = 0.05).