[NARCCAP-discuss] Question regarding Tasmax and Tasmin

[Antonia Rosati]

Hi Julie!

Tasmax and Tasmin for MM5i and ECP2 will be available soon. They are 
currently being post-processed.

If you need these data right away, your plan to take highest and 
lowest values of the 3-hourly temperatures is suitable as an estimate. 
Seeing as the final product is taken from the actual max and min from 
model timesteps instead of 3-hourly, we would recommend using Tasmax 
and Tasmin as soon as they are available.

Thanks for your question!

Toni Rosati
NARCCAP User Community Liaison
National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)
narccap at ucar.edu

On Tue, 06 Mar 2012 14:43:43 -0500
  Julie Winkler <winkler at msu.edu> wrote:
  Hello,
  
  My apologies if this question has been answered before.  On the
  NARCCAP server, we only find Tasmax and Tasmin for four of the RCMs
  (when driven by NCEP).  The RCMs with tasmax and tasmin data are
  CRCM, RCM3, WRFG and HRM3.  Will Tasmax and Tasmin be made available
  for the other two RCMs (MM5i and ECP2)?  If not, would the highest
  and lowest values of the 3-hourly temperatures be a suitable
  substitute, in your opinion?  Obviously, we are evaluating the RCM
  simulations of maximum and minimum temperature, and will need these
  variables for several applications.
  
  Thanks!
  
  Julie
  
  
  
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