Evaluation of long-term ozone simulations from seven regional air quality models and their ensemble

Loon, M. van; Vautard, Robert; Schaap, Martijn; Bergström, R. W.; Bessagnet, Bertrand; Brandt, Jørgen; Builtjes, P.; Christensen, J. H.; Cuvelier, C.; Graff, A.; Jonson, Jan Eiof; Krol, Maarten; Langner, Joakim; Roberts, P.T.; Rouïl, Laurence; Stern, R.; Tarrasón, L.; Thunis, Philippe; Vignati, E.; White, L.; Wind, Peter

doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2006.10.073

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“…Jonson et al, 2006;van Loon et al, 2007;Vautard et al, 2007;Gilliland et al, 2008;Zhang et al, 2009bZhang et al, , 2013Colette et al, 2011;Godowitch et al, 2011;Hogrefe et al, 2011;Zubler et al, 2011). It has been demonstrated that uncertain emission inventories, data assimilation approaches used in meteorology models, and initial/boundary conditions can influence dynamic evaluation of model-predicted changes in ambient air quality (Napolenock et al, 2011;Kang et al, 2012).…”

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“…For coupled simulations, both models are run in parallel and exchange meteorological fields as well as 3-D source and sink terms every hour using the OASIS4 coupling software developed in the PRISM project (Valcke and Redler, 2006). The coupled system is currently used to provide analysis and forecast of atmospheric composition (http://www.gmes-atmosphere.eu).…”

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“…The regional climate model RACMO2 (Van Meijgaard et al, 2008) is online coupled to the regional chemistry transport model LOTOS-EUROS . They are coupled through a 3-hourly exchange of meteorology and aerosol concentrations, and the system therefore has some features of an online access model.…”

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Online coupled regional meteorology chemistry models in Europe: current status and prospects

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Published by Copernicus Publications on behalf of the European Geosciences Union. A. Baklanov et al.: Online coupled regional meteorology chemistry models in EuropeAbstract. Online coupled mesoscale meteorology atmospheric chemistry models have undergone a rapid evolution in recent years. Although mainly developed by the air quality modelling community, these models are also of interest for numerical weather prediction and regional climate modelling as they can consider not only the effects of meteorology on air quality, but also the potentially important effects of atmospheric composition on weather. Two ways of online coupling can be distinguished: online integrated and online access coupling. Online integrated models simulate meteorology and chemistry over the same grid in one model using one main time step for integration. Online access models use independent meteorology and chemistry modules that might even have different grids, but exchange meteorology and chemistry data on a regular and frequent basis. This article offers a comprehensive review of the current research status of online coupled meteorology and atmospheric chemistry modelling within Europe. Eighteen regional online coupled models developed or being used in Europe are described and compared. Topics discussed include a survey of processes relevant to the interactions between atmospheric physics, dynamics and composition; a brief overview of existing online mesoscale models and European model developments; an analysis on how feedback processes are treated in these models; numerical issues associated with coupled models; and several case studies and model performance evaluation methods. Finally, this article highlights selected scientific issues and emerging challenges that require proper consideration to improve the reliability and usability of these models for the three scientific communities: air quality, numerical meteorology modelling (including weather prediction) and climate modelling. This review will be of particular interest to model developers and users in all three fields as it presents a synthesis of scientific progress and provides recommendations for future research directions and priorities in the development, application and evaluation of online coupled models.

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“…The temporal profiles and vertical distribution needed to resolve the emissions were those used in the EuroDelta experiment (van Loon et al, 2007). Biogenic VOCs (isoprene, monoterpenes and other biogenic volatile organic compounds) have been computed offline (the Global Emission Inventory Activity -GE1A) and processed into SMOKE by implementing the algorithms proposed by Guenther et al (1996).…”

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Emission inventories and modeling requirements for the development of air quality plans. Application to Madrid (Spain)

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Lumbreras

Pérez

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Science of The Total Environment

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HIGHLIGHTS• A comprehensive and flexible urban emission inventory was developed for Madrid.• Options for multi-scale consistency are discussed (from European to street level).• Urban background N0 2 concentration levels well described by CMAQ (MB -2.2 ug/m 3 ).• N0 2 concentration levels in Madrid are dominated by local traffic (up to 90%).• A 31% reduction of NO x emissions may allow Madrid meeting the N0 2 European standards. ABSTRACTModeling is an essential tool for the development of atmospheric emission abatement measures and air quality plans. Most often these plans are related to urban environments with high emission density and population exposure. However, air quality modeling in urban areas is a rather challenging task. As environmental standards become more stringent (e.g. European Directive 2008/50/EC), more reliable and sophisticated modeling tools are needed to simulate measures and plans that may effectively tackle air quality exceedances, common in large urban areas across Europe, particularly for N0 2 . This also implies that emission inventories must satisfy a number of conditions such as consistency across the spatial scales involved in the analysis, consistency with the emission inventories used for regulatory purposes and versatility to match the requirements of different air quality and emission projection models. This study reports the modeling activities carried out in Madrid (Spain) highlighting the atmospheric emission inventory development and preparation as an illustrative example of the combination of models and data needed to develop a consistent air quality plan at urban level. These included a series of source apportionment studies to define contributions from the international, national, regional and local sources in order to understand to what extent local authorities can enforce meaningful abatement measures. Moreover, source apportionment studies were conducted in order to define contributions from different sectors and to understand the maximum feasible air quality improvement that can be achieved by reducing emissions from those sectors, thus targeting emission reduction policies to the most relevant activities. Finally, an emission scenario reflecting the effect of such policies was developed and the associated air quality was modeled.

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“…The majority of CTMs are offline models meaning that the meteorology is calculated prior to the chemistry such as CHIMEREv4.5 (Bessagnet et al, 2008;Pay et al, 2010), CMAQ (Matthias, 2008) or EMEP (Simpson et al, 2012;van Loon et al, 2007). Usually, the meteorology for these models is available at a 1 h, 3 h or 6 h resolution.…”

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Application of WRF-Chem to forecasting PM<SUB align="right">10 concentration over Poland

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Abstract:The meteorological and chemical transport model WRF-Chem was implemented to forecast PM 10 concentrations over Poland. WRF-Chem version 3.5 was configured with three one-way nested domains using the GFS meteorological data and the TNO MACC II emissions. The 48 hour forecasts were run for each day of the winter and summer period of 2014 and there is only a small decrease in model performance for winter with respect to forecast lead time. The model in general captures the variability in observed PM 10 concentrations for most of the stations. However, for some locations and specific episodes, the model performance is poor and the results cannot yet be used by official authorities. We argue that a higher resolution sector-based emission data will be helpful for this analysis in connection with a focus on planetary boundary layer processes in WRF-Chem and their impact on the initial distribution of emissions on both time and space.

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Evaluation of long-term ozone simulations from seven regional air quality models and their ensemble

Cited by 264 publications

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Online coupled regional meteorology chemistry models in Europe: current status and prospects

Online coupled regional meteorology chemistry models in Europe: current status and prospects

Emission inventories and modeling requirements for the development of air quality plans. Application to Madrid (Spain)

Application of WRF-Chem to forecasting PM<SUB align="right">10 concentration over Poland

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