pysteps.verification.spatialscores.fss

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pysteps.verification.spatialscores.fss#

pysteps.verification.spatialscores.fss(X_f, X_o, thr, scale)#

Compute the fractions skill score (FSS) for a deterministic forecast field and the corresponding observation field.

Parameters:
  • X_f (array_like) – Array of shape (m, n) containing the forecast field.

  • X_o (array_like) – Array of shape (m, n) containing the observation field.

  • thr (float) – The intensity threshold.

  • scale (int) – The spatial scale in pixels. In practice, the scale represents the size of the moving window that it is used to compute the fraction of pixels above the threshold.

Returns:

out – The fractions skill score between 0 and 1.

Return type:

float

References

[RL08], [EWW+13]