Fig. 2: The time-averaged normalized difference of the regionally-averaged latitude-weighted RMSE for 65 upper-air atmospheric variables.

a EXP_ASSI analysis compared to EXP_CTRL analysis. b EXP_ASSI analysis compared to EXP_CORR analysis. The statistical region is from 80°S to 80°N, and from 52.5°E to 147.5°W. The areas without multiplication signs are places in which the normalized RMSE difference passed the 95%-confidence-level t-test of significance.