Software for the validation of vertical profiles of oceanic parameters (compBuoy)

Matlab package for the validation of vertical profiles of ocean parameters through the Mann-Whitney, t-test and Fisher statistical tests; compares data from moored buoys such as: PIRATA/RAMA/TAO/TRITON with analysis and reanalysis datasets. Download buoy data from: https://www.pmel.noaa.gov/tao/drupal/disdel/ How to install Matlab 2021b compatible software - Open Matlab - Go to APP tab - Click on the "Install App" button - Select the compBuoy.mlappinstall file - In the Install dialog click on the "Install" button How to run Type in the Matlab command window: >> compBuoy or Find compBuoy in the APP tab of Matlab. What's new in compBuoy? v1.5 - Added comparison methods: BIAS, Scatter index and RMSE. - New colormaps. v1.1 - Customization of the title and fonts of the figure.Humberto L. Varona and Simone M. A. Lira acknowledges the TRIATLAS project, which has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Program under grant agreement no. 817578. Carlos Noriega thanks to the Human Resources Program of the Brazilian National Petroleum Agency, PRH-ANP 38.1, for the postdoctoral scholarship, process number 044819. Moacyr Araujo acknowledges the support of the Brazilian Research Network on Global Climate Change-Rede CLIMA (FINEP grants 01.13.0353-00). This work is a contribution to the Projects INCT AmbTropic–Brazilian National Institute of Science and Technology for Tropical Marine Environments (grants 565054/2010-4, 625 8936/2011, and 465634/2014-1, CNPq/FAPESB/CAPES), and to the International Joint Laboratory TAPIOCA (IRD-UFPE-UFRPE)