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 epsilon

diff_outside_epsilon_fraction

fraction of finite differences falling outside epsilon (out of common_finite_count)

epsilon

amount of difference between matching data points in A and B that is considered acceptable

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

general

Finite values are non-missing and finite (not NaN or +-Inf); fractions are out of all data, both finite and not, unless otherwise specified

max_a

the maximum finite, non-missing value found in A

max_b

the maximum finite, non-missing value found in B

max_diff

Maximum difference of finite values

max_percent_change

Percent change from A to B for finite values, maximum value

mean_diff

mean difference of finite values

mean_percent_change

Percent change from A to B for finite values, averaged

median_diff

median difference of finite values

min_a

the minimum finite, non-missing value found in A

min_b

the minimum finite, non-missing value found in B

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)

rms_diff

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_diff

standard deviation of difference of finite values

trouble_points_count

number of points that are nonfinite or missing in either input data set (A or B), or are unacceptable when compared (according to the current epsilon value)

trouble_points_fraction

fraction of points that are nonfinite or missing in either input data set (A or B), or are unacceptable when compared (according to the current epsilon value)