Fig. 2: Bitwise real information content for all variables in CAMS.
From: Compressing atmospheric data into its real information content
For each variable, the bitwise real information content is calculated in all three spatial dimensions in the 32-bit encoding of single-precision floats, revealing false information and unused bits. The bitwise real information content (gradient scale) is explained in Fig. 1. The mantissa bits that contain at least 99% of real information are enclosed in orange. Bits without any real information are shaded in gray-blue. The sum of the real information across bit positions per variable is the total information per value. Variable abbreviations are explained in Supplementary Table 1.
