[NARCCAP-discuss] Question regarding Tasmax and Tasmin

[Julie Winkler]

Hi Toni,

Thanks so much for the quick response. Could you give us an 
indication of  "soon"?  Within a month or so, or more like several months?

Thanks again!
Julie


  At 05:51 PM 3/6/2012, you wrote:
>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
>
>
>
>   Julie A. Winkler, PhD
>   Professor
>   Department of Geography
>   238 Geography Building
>   Michigan State University
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Julie A. Winkler, PhD
Professor
Department of Geography
238 Geography Building
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48824-1117
Email: winkler at msu.edu
Telephone: 517-355-4649 (main office); 517-353-9186 (personal office)
FAX: 517-432-1671
web page: http://www.msu.edu/user/winkler