Table 2. Comparison of sea surface height (SSH) of models with tide
gauge observations in the Indian basin. The number of years with valid
data within 1980-2003 is shown in column 5, which is required to be at
least 12 years.

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| *Station location Time years Correlation RMSE (cm)*                   |
|                                                                       |
| *GODAS SIM GODAS SIM*                                                 |
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| Port Louis-C 20.1S 57.5E 1986-2003 17 .67 .43 6.2 7.9                 |
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| Rodrigues 19.7S 63.4E 1986-2003 16 .49 .38 8.0 9.1                    |
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| Cocos 12.1S 96.9E 1985-2003 16 .65 .70 8.2 7.8                        |
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| Gan .7S 73.2E 1987-2003 14 .65 .47 3.7 4.4                            |
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| Male-B,Hulule 4.2N 73.5E 1989-2003 12 .27 .54 5.7 5.7                 |
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| Hiron Point 21.8N 89.5E 1977-2003 23 .83 .88 19.1 19.0                |
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| Khepupara 21.8N 89.8E 1987-2000 13 .81 .83 23.0 23.0                  |
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Table 3. Comparison of sea surface height (SSH) of models with tide
gauge observations in the Atlantic basin. The number of years with valid
data within 1980-2003 is shown in column 5, which is required to be at
least 15 years.

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| *Station location Time years Correlation RMSE (cm)*                   |
|                                                                       |
| *GODAS SIM GODAS SIM*                                                 |
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| Base Prat 62.5S 59.6W 1984-2002 18 -.44 -.11 12.9 9.1                 |
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| Limetree Bay 17.7N 64.8W 1982-2004 19 .70 .16 4.4 7.1                 |
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| Magueyes Is 18.0N 67.0W 1965-2004 23 .72 .13 4.0 8.3                  |
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| Charlotte A 18.3N 64.9W 1978-2004 21 .70 .22 4.2 7.6                  |
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| San Juan 18.5N 66.1W 1985-2004 18 .68 .15 4.5 6.9                     |
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| Key West 24.5N 81.8W 1913-2004 23 .60 .09 6.7 12.1                    |
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| Port Isabel 26.1N 97.2W 1977-2004 22 .49 -.19 9.0 16.3                |
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| St. Petersb 27.8N 82.6W 1946-2004 23 .62 .21 6.5 12.7                 |
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| Pensacola,FL 30.4N 87.2W 1923-2004 23 .64 .21 7.5 13.5                |
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| Funchal-B 32.6N 16.9W 1976-2003 16 .65 .02 4.6 8.0                    |
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| Charleston, 32.8N 79.9W 1921-2004 23 .61 .24 8.3 13.3                 |
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| Nantucket,MA 41.3N 70.1W 1965-2004 23 .36 -.07 6.6 14.0               |
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| Newport,RI 41.5N 71.3W 1930-2004 23 .43 .14 7.5 15.0                  |
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| Woods Hole 41.5N 70.7W 1957-2004 23 .41 .05 6.7 13.6                  |
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| Eastport,ME 44.9N 67.0W 1929-2004 22 .18 .00 7.2 13.4                 |
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| Newlyn 50.1N 5.5W 1915-2001 20 .49 .17 7.4 10.2                       |
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| Lerwick 60.2N 1.1W 1959-2001 21 .81 .47 7.1 9.3                       |
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