[NARCCAP-discuss] tas versus tasmax

[daryl herzmann]

Hello,

The tasmax and tasmin files are from 6 UTC to 6 UTC, to more approximate a 
local calendar day.  Are you computing from 0 UTC to 0 UTC?

daryl

On Wed, 13 Feb 2013, Tim Keitt wrote:

> I think I've misunderstood the relationship between the tas (surface 
> temperature field) and tasmax (daily maximum surface temperature), or 
> our code to extract these values is wrong (we are checking).
>
> We find that the maximum tas value in a given day is greater than the 
> tasmax value about 50% of the time. I had assumed this was impossible, 
> but perhaps I misinterpreted the docs.
>
> THK
>
>

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