The TOMCAT global chemical transport model v1.6: description of chemical mechanism and model evaluation

Monks, Sarah A.; Arnold, Stephen R.; Hollaway, Michael J.; Pope, Richard J.; Wilson, Chris; Feng, Wuhu; Emmerson, Kathryn M.; Kerridge, Brian J.; Latter, Barry L.; Miles, Georgina M.; Siddans, Richard; Chipperfield, Martyn P.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-10-3025-2017

Articles | Volume 10, issue 8

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-10-3025-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-10-3025-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 10, issue 8

Model evaluation paper

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17 Aug 2017

Model evaluation paper |

| 17 Aug 2017

The TOMCAT global chemical transport model v1.6: description of chemical mechanism and model evaluation

Sarah A. Monks, Stephen R. Arnold, Michael J. Hollaway, Richard J. Pope, Chris Wilson, Wuhu Feng, Kathryn M. Emmerson, Brian J. Kerridge, Barry L. Latter, Georgina M. Miles, Richard Siddans, and Martyn P. Chipperfield

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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SC1: 'Executive Editor Comment on "The TOMCAT global chemical transport model: Description of chemical mechanism and model evaluation"', Astrid Kerkweg, 22 Aug 2016
RC1: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #1, 21 Sep 2016
RC2: 'Review of Monks et al., 2016', Anonymous Referee #2, 26 Sep 2016
AC1: 'Response to review 1', Sarah Monks, 05 Dec 2016
AC2: 'Response to review 2', Sarah Monks, 05 Dec 2016
AC3: 'Response to Senior Editor Comment 1', Sarah Monks, 05 Dec 2016

Peer-review completion

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

AR by Sarah Monks on behalf of the Authors (06 Mar 2017) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (10 Mar 2017) by Slimane Bekki

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (21 Mar 2017)

RR by Anonymous Referee #3 (05 May 2017)

RR by Anonymous Referee #4 (23 May 2017)

ED: Publish as is (31 May 2017) by Slimane Bekki

Short summary

The TOMCAT chemical transport model has been updated with the chemical degradation of ethene, propene, toluene, butane and monoterpenes. The tropospheric chemical mechanism is documented and the model is evaluated against surface, balloon, aircraft and satellite data. The model is generally able to capture the main spatial and seasonal features of carbon monoxide, ozone, volatile organic compounds and reactive nitrogen. However, some model biases are found that require further investigation.