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reasonable coverage of the North Sea and Baltic Sea. The
comparison with satellite observations has given the oppor
tunity to evaluate the real spread between the forecasts.
Comparisons of SSS and SSC forecasts to in situ data would
yield important information about RMSD. In the future, it
could be useful to assess weighting to the individual fore
casts based on either model resolution or based on model
performance as a result of model validation done by each
institute. At present, a MME of sea bottom salinity and sea
bottom temperature is being developed, which can give the
opportunity to study stratification issues, especially in the
Transition Area between North Sea and Baltic Sea.
Acknowledgments The authors would like to thank Inge Menzenhauer-
Schumacher who designed and created the webpages for the MME on the
NOOS and BOOS website. Many thanks also to Simon Jandt who sup
ported the comparison of satellite data with the MATLAB CalVal Toolbox.
E.W. Blockley and A. Sellar would like to thank Rachel Fumer, who has
helped with providing the NOOS transects data for the Met Office.
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