Table 1. Correlation values between the model current at 5m depth and the drift data for the 2010 season.
| w/o t10 | w t10 | |
|---|---|---|
| seabird drift (N = 976) | 0.631 (0.309) | 0.677 (0.292) |
| buoy drift (N = 124) | 0.417 (0.466) | 0.655 (0.381) |
| seabird drift modified by regressed value from wind (N = 976) | 0.625 (0.310) | 0.672 (0.293) |
‘w/o’ (‘w’) means the data assimilation cases without (with) the seabird drift. Bold font denotes statistically significant correlation with a two-tailed P value < 0.05. Numerics in parentheses indicate RMSE in m s−1. ‘N’ indicates a number of each data.