Glossary

a_finite_count
number of finite values in A
a_finite_fraction
fraction of finite values in A (out of all data points in A)
a_missing_count
number of values flagged missing in A
a_missing_fraction
fraction of values flagged missing in A
a_missing_value
the value that is considered "missing" data when it is found in A
a_nan_count
number of NaNs in A
a_nan_fraction
fraction of NaNs in A
b_finite_count
number of finite values in B
b_finite_fraction
fraction of finite values in B (out of all data points in B)
b_missing_count
number of values flagged missing in B
b_missing_fraction
fraction of values flagged missing in B
b_missing_value
the value that is considered "missing" data when it is found in B
b_nan_count
number of NaNs in B
b_nan_fraction
fraction of NaNs in B
common_finite_count
number of finite values in common between A and B
common_finite_fraction
fraction of finite values in common between A and B
common_missing_count
number of missing values in common between A and B
common_missing_fraction
fraction of missing values in common between A and B
common_nan_count
number of NaNs in common between A and B
common_nan_fraction
fraction of NaNs in common between A and B
correlation
Pearson correlation r-coefficient (0.0-1.0) for finite values of A and B
diff_outside_epsilon_count
number of finite differences falling outside acceptable epsilon definitions; note: this value includes data excluded by both epsilon and epsilon_percent if both have been defined
diff_outside_epsilon_fraction
fraction of finite differences falling outside acceptable epsilon definitions (out of common_finite_count)
epsilon
amount of difference between matching data points in A and B that is considered acceptable
epsilon_percent
the percentage of difference (of A's value) that is acceptable between A and B (optional)
finite_in_only_one_count
number of values that changed finite-ness between A and B; only the common spatially valid area is considerd for this statistic
finite_in_only_one_fraction
fraction of values that changed finite-ness between A and B; only the common spatially valid area is considerd for this statistic
max_a
the maximum finite, non-missing value found in A
max_b
the maximum finite, non-missing value found in B
max_delta
maximum finite data value from the data set of B file - A file
max_diff
maximum absolute valued difference of the finite values
mean_delta
mean of the subtractive difference of the finite values
mean_diff
mean of the absolute value difference of the finite values
median_delta
median of the subtractive difference of the finite values
median_diff
median of the absolute value difference of the finite values
min_a
the minimum finite, non-missing value found in A
min_b
the minimum finite, non-missing value found in B
min_delta
minimum finite data value from the data set of B file - A file
mismatch_points_count
number of points that differ in finite/missing status between the input data sets A and B, or are unacceptable when compared according to the current epsilon definitions
mismatch_points_fraction
fraction of points that differ in finite/missing status between the input data sets A and B, or are unacceptable when compared according to the current epsilon definitions
num_data_points
number of data values in A
perfect_match_count
number of perfectly matched finite data points between A and B
perfect_match_fraction
fraction of finite values perfectly matching between A and B (out of common_finite_count)
r-squared correlation
the square of the r correlation (see correlation)
rms_val
root mean square (RMS) difference of finite values
shape
shape of A
spatially_invalid_pts_ignored_in_a
number of points with invalid latitude/longitude information in A that were ignored for the purposes of data analysis and presentation
spatially_invalid_pts_ignored_in_b
number of points with invalid latitude/longitude information in B that were ignored for the purposes of data analysis and presentation
std_val
standard deviation of difference of finite values