Description and evaluation of the Community Multiscale Air Quality (CMAQ) modeling system version 5.1

Appel, K. Wyat; Napelenok, Sergey L.; Foley, Kristen M.; Pye, Havala O. T.; Hogrefe, Christian; Luecken, Deborah J.; Bash, Jesse O.; Roselle, Shawn J.; Pleim, Jonathan E.; Foroutan, Hosein; Hutzell, William T.; Pouliot, George A.; Sarwar, Golam; Fahey, Kathleen M.; Gantt, Brett; Gilliam, Robert C.; Heath, Nicholas K.; Kang, Daiwen; Mathur, Rohit; Schwede, Donna B.; Spero, Tanya L.; Wong, David C.; Young, Jeffrey O.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-10-1703-2017

Articles | Volume 10, issue 4

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-10-1703-2017

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https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-10-1703-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
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Articles | Volume 10, issue 4

Model evaluation paper

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21 Apr 2017

Model evaluation paper |

| 21 Apr 2017

Description and evaluation of the Community Multiscale Air Quality (CMAQ) modeling system version 5.1

K. Wyat Appel, Sergey L. Napelenok, Kristen M. Foley, Havala O. T. Pye, Christian Hogrefe, Deborah J. Luecken, Jesse O. Bash, Shawn J. Roselle, Jonathan E. Pleim, Hosein Foroutan, William T. Hutzell, George A. Pouliot, Golam Sarwar, Kathleen M. Fahey, Brett Gantt, Robert C. Gilliam, Nicholas K. Heath, Daiwen Kang, Rohit Mathur, Donna B. Schwede, Tanya L. Spero, David C. Wong, and Jeffrey O. Young

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RC1: 'Review of “Overview and evaluation of the Community Multiscale Air Quality (CMAQ) model version 5.1” by Apel et al.', Anonymous Referee #1, 07 Oct 2016
- AC1: 'Response to Referee 1 Comments', K. Wyat Appel, 20 Dec 2016
RC2: 'Review of Overview and evaluation of the Community Multiscale Air Quality (CMAQ) model version 5.1, by K. Wyat et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 17 Oct 2016
- AC2: 'Response to Referee 2 Comments', K. Wyat Appel, 20 Dec 2016

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by K. Wyat Appel on behalf of the Authors (20 Dec 2016) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (02 Jan 2017) by Alex B. Guenther

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (16 Jan 2017)

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (16 Jan 2017)

ED: Reconsider after major revisions (17 Jan 2017) by Alex B. Guenther

AR by K. Wyat Appel on behalf of the Authors (17 Feb 2017) Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (01 Mar 2017) by Alex B. Guenther

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (20 Mar 2017)

ED: Publish as is (27 Mar 2017) by Alex B. Guenther

AR by K. Wyat Appel on behalf of the Authors (27 Mar 2017)

Short summary

The Community Multiscale Air Quality (CMAQ) model is a comprehensive multipollutant air quality modeling system. The CMAQ model is used extensively throughout the world to simulate air pollutants for many purposes, including regulatory and air quality forecasting applications. This work describes the scientific updates made to the latest version of the CMAQ modeling system (CMAQv5.1) and presents an evaluation of the new model against observations and results from the previous model version.