Table 1: LAPS wind speed analysis (knots). Validation at observation locations, 0300 UTC 15 Apr 2001.
Without QSCAT winds
Bias
MAE
No. of obs.
LAPS Analysis
0.47
1.72
762
AVN Background
-3.71
4.29
762
With QSCAT winds
Bias
MAE
No. of obs.
LAPS Analysis
-0.17
1.02
7519
AVN Background
-7.11
7.19
7519