Trajectory errors of different numerical integration schemes diagnosed with the MPTRAC advection module driven by ECMWF operational analyses

Rößler, Thomas; Stein, Olaf; Heng, Yi; Baumeister, Paul; Hoffmann, Lars

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-11-575-2018

Articles | Volume 11, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-11-575-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-11-575-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 11, issue 2

Development and technical paper

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08 Feb 2018

Development and technical paper |

| 08 Feb 2018

Trajectory errors of different numerical integration schemes diagnosed with the MPTRAC advection module driven by ECMWF operational analyses

Thomas Rößler, Olaf Stein, Yi Heng, Paul Baumeister, and Lars Hoffmann

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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 "Regional and seasonal truncation errors of trajectory calculations using ECMWF high-resolution operational analyses and forecasts"', Astrid Kerkweg, 24 Feb 2017
RC1: 'Review', Petra Seibert, 20 Mar 2017
RC2: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #2, 21 Mar 2017
AC1: 'author comment', Lars Hoffmann, 05 May 2017

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

AR by Lars Hoffmann on behalf of the Authors (02 Jun 2017) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (21 Jun 2017) by Ignacio Pisso

RR by Petra Seibert (09 Jul 2017)

ED: Reconsider after major revisions (03 Aug 2017) by Ignacio Pisso

AR by Thomas Rößler on behalf of the Authors (12 Sep 2017) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (11 Oct 2017) by Ignacio Pisso

RR by Petra Seibert (23 Oct 2017)

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (23 Oct 2017) by Ignacio Pisso

AR by Lars Hoffmann on behalf of the Authors (26 Oct 2017) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (18 Dec 2017) by Ignacio Pisso

AR by Lars Hoffmann on behalf of the Authors (18 Dec 2017) Manuscript

Short summary

In this study, we performed an assessment of truncation errors and computational efficiency of trajectory calculations using six popular numerical integration schemes of the Runge–Kutta family. More than 5000 transport simulations for different seasons and regions of the free troposphere and stratosphere were conducted, driven by the latest version of ECMWF operational analyses and forecasts. The study provides guidelines to achieve the most accurate and efficient trajectory calculations.