[Go-essp-tech] ok_min_mean_abs and ok_max_mean_abs
Charles Doutriaux
doutriaux1 at llnl.gov
Tue Nov 9 09:06:35 MST 2010
As Karl mentioned, I got the max/min from looping over 20c3m models
"monthly" in AR4.
If anybody as better values please forward them to us we'll gladly put
them into the tables.
If anybody's interested I can search the code I used to search through
the whole AR4 archive.
C.
On 11/8/10 2:07 PM, Karl Taylor wrote:
> Hi Denis,
>
> I'm copying Charles D. who I hope will check the following for
> correctness. As I recall:
>
> The mean_abs value is the temporal and spatial mean of the absolute
> values of a field (based on latxlon grid cell values, but not area
> weighting these). The mean_abs value specified in the CMOR tables is
> based on monthly means produced by CMIP3 models. It basically gives
> you the typical magnitude of the values of the field. If a model has
> a number much smaller or much larger than the CMOR table value, then
> it may be unrealistic (or if off by an order of magnitude or more, it
> probably means the units are wrong.)
>
> Charles can tell you how he got the "max" and the "min" that appear in
> the table.
>
> regards,
> Karl
>
> On 11/8/10 11:43 AM, Denis Nadeau wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Do you know how the mean_abs found in CMOR tables were calculated for
>> some variables? Is there some documentation about this?
>> I get warnings from cmor2 API and would like to investigate further what
>> they mean.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Denis
>>
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