EURODELTA-Trends, a multi-model experiment of air quality hindcast in Europe over 1990–2010

Colette, Augustin; Andersson, Camilla; Manders, Astrid; Mar, Kathleen; Mircea, Mihaela; Pay, Maria-Teresa; Raffort, Valentin; Tsyro, Svetlana; Cuvelier, Cornelius; Adani, Mario; Bessagnet, Bertrand; Bergström, Robert; Briganti, Gino; Butler, Tim; Cappelletti, Andrea; Couvidat, Florian; D'Isidoro, Massimo; Doumbia, Thierno; Fagerli, Hilde; Granier, Claire; Heyes, Chris; Klimont, Zig; Ojha, Narendra; Otero, Noelia; Schaap, Martijn; Sindelarova, Katarina; Stegehuis, Annemiek I.; Roustan, Yelva; Vautard, Robert; van Meijgaard, Erik; Vivanco, Marta Garcia; Wind, Peter

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-10-3255-2017

Articles | Volume 10, issue 9

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-10-3255-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-10-3255-2017

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

Articles | Volume 10, issue 9

Model experiment description paper

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05 Sep 2017

Model experiment description paper |

| 05 Sep 2017

EURODELTA-Trends, a multi-model experiment of air quality hindcast in Europe over 1990–2010

Augustin Colette, Camilla Andersson, Astrid Manders, Kathleen Mar, Mihaela Mircea, Maria-Teresa Pay, Valentin Raffort, Svetlana Tsyro, Cornelius Cuvelier, Mario Adani, Bertrand Bessagnet, Robert Bergström, Gino Briganti, Tim Butler, Andrea Cappelletti, Florian Couvidat, Massimo D'Isidoro, Thierno Doumbia, Hilde Fagerli, Claire Granier, Chris Heyes, Zig Klimont, Narendra Ojha, Noelia Otero, Martijn Schaap, Katarina Sindelarova, Annemiek I. Stegehuis, Yelva Roustan, Robert Vautard, Erik van Meijgaard, Marta Garcia Vivanco, and Peter Wind

Data sets

EURODELTA/TFMM trend modelling experiment EMEP Task Force on Measurement and Modelling https://wiki.met.no/emep/emep-experts/tfmmtrendeurodelta

EURODELTA-Trends model results AeroCom data server https://wiki.met.no/aerocom/user-server

Short summary

The EURODELTA-Trends numerical experiment has been designed to assess the capability of chemistry-transport models to capture the evolution of surface air quality over the 1990–2010 period in Europe. It also includes sensitivity experiments in order to analyse the relative contribution of (i) emission changes, (ii) meteorological variability, and (iii) boundary conditions to air quality trends. The article is a detailed presentation of the experiment design and participating models.