[NARCCAP-discuss] Question regarding Tasmax and Tasmin

[Perdinan]

Hi Toni,

Could you please tell us when the data is available?

Best,
Perdinan

2012/3/6 Antonia Rosati <arosati at ucar.edu>

> 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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