Findings: For some variables, the slice_flag results in major differences in climatology calculations, which affects downstream metrics calculations. This flag adds an additional time coordinate. By omitting this flag, I found that xCDAT and CDAT results are nearly identical. I opened #759 for further discussion on this slice_flag feature.
Checklist
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Description
This PR adds some validation scripts for testing the differences found in https://github.com/E3SM-Project/e3sm_diags/pull/677.
Findings: For some variables, the
slice_flagresults in major differences in climatology calculations, which affects downstream metrics calculations. This flag adds an additional time coordinate. By omitting this flag, I found that xCDAT and CDAT results are nearly identical. I opened #759 for further discussion on this slice_flag feature.Checklist
If applicable: