Simulating lightning NO production in CMAQv5.2:  performance evaluations

Kang, Daiwen; Foley, Kristen M.; Mathur, Rohit; Roselle, Shawn J.; Pickering, Kenneth E.; Allen, Dale J.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-12-4409-2019

Articles | Volume 12, issue 10

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-12-4409-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-12-4409-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 12, issue 10

Model evaluation paper

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21 Oct 2019

Model evaluation paper |

| 21 Oct 2019

Simulating lightning NO production in CMAQv5.2: performance evaluations

Daiwen Kang, Kristen M. Foley, Rohit Mathur, Shawn J. Roselle, Kenneth E. Pickering, and Dale J. Allen

Data sets

CMAQ (Version 5.2) US EPA Office of Research and Development https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1167892

Simulating Lightning NO Production in CMAQv5.2 D. Kang, and K. Foley https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3360744

Short summary

This paper provides a comprehensive evaluation of the lightning production schemes in CMAQ as described in https://www.geosci-model-dev.net/12/3071/2019/gmd-12-3071-2019.html on model performance. The impact of lightning NO_x from different schemes is evaluated in time and space using both ground–level network measurements and aloft (ozonesonde and aircraft) observations. These results provide users the benchmark model performance when the lightning NO_x production schemes are applied.