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Figure 5. Bias distribution of near-surface wind speed [m s711 for grid points embedded in geographical area covering the German Exclusive 
Economic Zone of the North Sea. The spatiotemporal bias distribution is illustrated by (top row panels) Box-Whisker plots for the two 
different satellite based reference data sets (left panel) Scatterometer and Model (e5) from CMEMS and (right panel) HOAPS from CMSAF. 
Values outside the whiskers (whisker length never exeeds 1.5 IQR (interquartile range)) not shown. All calculations are based on monthly 
data. Geographical area is 3-8.5° E, 53.5—-56° N. Maps of the multi-year averaged bias of (from 2nd to 5th row panels) ERAS, COSMO- 
REA6, CERRA and HoKliSim-De compared to (left panels) Scatterometer and model (e5) from CMEMS and (right panels) HOAPS from 
CMSAF for the considered geographical area are additionally shown. Black contours display the geographical position of the German 
Exclusive Economic Zone. FINO1 is additionally shown. The time period is 2008-2017. 
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