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[ferret_users] Different results between ferret and other softwares
Dear Users,
I got different results between ferret and matlab/idl/ncl when I compute the
global mean temperature from the CMIP5 models.
Namely, taking the Canadian atmospheric model this is the result of the dump
for the temperature:
float tas(time, lat, lon) ;
tas:standard_name = "air_temperature" ;
tas:long_name = "Near-Surface Air Temperature" ;
tas:units = "K" ;
tas:original_name = "ST" ;
tas:cell_methods = "time: mean (interval: 15 minutes)" ;
tas:cell_measures = "area: areacella" ;
tas:history = "2011-03-16T18:49:59Z altered by CMOR: Treated scalar
dimension: \'height\'. 2011-03-16T18:49:59Z altered by CMOR: replaced missing
value flag (1e+38) with standard missing value (1e+20)." ;
tas:coordinates = "height" ;
tas:missing_value = 1.e+20f ;
tas:_FillValue = 1.e+20f ;
tas:associated_files = "baseURL: http://cmip-pcmdi.llnl.
gov/CMIP5/dataLocation gridspecFile:
gridspec_atmos_fx_CanESM2_historical_r0i0p0.nc areacella:
areacella_fx_CanESM2_historical_r0i0p0.nc" ;
To compute the mean global temperature of the first month of data with ferret
I use the following command:
list tas[i=@ave,j=@ave,l=1]
VARIABLE : Near-Surface Air Temperature (K)
DATA SET : CanESM2 model output prepared for CMIP5 historical
FILENAME : tas_Amon_CanESM2_historical_r1i1p1_185001-200512.nc
LONGITUDE: 1.4W(-1.4) to 1.4W(358.6) (XY ave)
LATITUDE : 90S to 90N (XY ave)
TIME : 16-JAN-1850 12:00 NOLEAP
284.8
Now I expect having the same value (284.8) in matlab/IDL/NCL; indeed with all
these other 3 softwares I get the same value (275.13). Why???
Am I wrong reading the data with matlab/IDL/NCL? Since there aren't any
scale_factor or add_offset values to read, in matlab/IDL/NCL I just read the
value tas. As example, these are the matlab lines I used to compute the global
mean:
input_nc = netcdf('tas_Amon_CanESM2_historical_r1i1p1_185001-200512.nc');
tas = input_nc{'tas'}(:) ;
tas = squeeze(tas(1,:,:));
mean2(tas)
ans =
275.1371
Do anyone could explain me why I get this difference in the mean values?
Thanks into advance for help
Markus
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