Articles | Volume 10, issue 8
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-10-3085-2017
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-10-3085-2017
Model evaluation paper
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21 Aug 2017
Model evaluation paper |  | 21 Aug 2017

Biogenic isoprene emissions driven by regional weather predictions using different initialization methods: case studies during the SEAC4RS and DISCOVER-AQ airborne campaigns

Min Huang, Gregory R. Carmichael, James H. Crawford, Armin Wisthaler, Xiwu Zhan, Christopher R. Hain, Pius Lee, and Alex B. Guenther

Data sets

SEAC4RS data SEAC4RS Science Team https://doi.org/10.5067/Aircraft/SEAC4RS/Aerosol-TraceGas-Cloud

DISCOVER-AQ data DISCOVER-AQ Science Team https://doi.org/10.5067/Aircraft/DISCOVER-AQ/Aerosol-TraceGas

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Short summary
Various sensitivity simulations during two airborne campaigns were performed to assess the impact of different initialization methods and model resolutions on NUWRF-modeled weather states, heat fluxes, and the follow-on MEGAN isoprene emission calculations. Proper land initialization is shown to be important to the coupled weather modeling and the follow-on emission modeling, which is also critical to accurately representing other processes in air quality modeling and data assimilation.