[NARCCAP-discuss] RCM3_ncep hfls

[Jonas Roberts]

Thanks Seth, I'll let you know when I hear back from him.

Cheers,
Jonas


On Fri, Dec 6, 2013 at 5:05 PM, Seth McGinnis <mcginnis at ucar.edu> wrote:

> Hi Jonas,
>
> Indeed, there is a problem.  I recall spotting that issue when we first
> QC'd the data long ago.  It was identified as an error in
> post-processing, and we got some replacement files that were supposed to
> have fixed it, but it looks like the problem persisted and snuck past us
> somehow. My apologies.
>
> We don't have the resources to keep old copies of the data files, so
> unfortunately I can't provide you with one, but it seems like it
> probably wouldn't help anyway.
>
> I suggest contacting Mark Snyder (msnyder at pmc.ucsc.edu) to find out more
> about the nature of the post-processing error and whether it can be
> fixed using the other available data.  If it's just a units error, for
> example, it should be easy to fix.  (Let me know what you find out, and
> I'll fix or unpublish the files from ESG as appropriate.)
>
> Cheers,
>
> --Seth
>
>
>
> On 11/26/13 7:04 AM, Jonas Roberts wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > There appears to be some issues with the hfls data in the RCM3_ncep run.
> > Its values are typically about five orders of magnitude smaller than hfls
> > data from from CRCM, HRM3 and WRFG ncep runs. The pattern of the diurnal
> > and seasonal cycles appears to be realistic but the values are far too
> > small (order of 0.002 W/m^2 for my region of interest vs ~200 for the
> other
> > models). Could this be a units issue? The netcdf metadata says the units
> > are W/m^2 like all other ensemble members. Could I have an older version
> of
> > the data (the creation date on mine appears to be June 2011)?
> >
> > Any insight would be greatly appreciated.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Jonas Roberts
> > PhD Candidate
> > Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science
> > Memorial University of Newfoundland
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