Articles | Volume 13, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-13-1787-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-13-1787-2020
Model evaluation paper
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03 Apr 2020
Model evaluation paper |  | 03 Apr 2020

Prediction of source contributions to urban background PM10 concentrations in European cities: a case study for an episode in December 2016 using EMEP/MSC-W rv4.15 and LOTOS-EUROS v2.0 – Part 1: The country contributions

Matthieu Pommier, Hilde Fagerli, Michael Schulz, Alvaro Valdebenito, Richard Kranenburg, and Martijn Schaap

Model code and software

metno/emep-ctm: OpenSource rv4.15 (201709) (Version rv4_15) EMEP MSC-W https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3355041

Short summary
The EMEP and LOTOS-EUROS models comprise the operational source contribution prediction system for the European cities within the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS). This study presents a first evaluation of this system, with hourly resolution, by focusing on one PM10 episode in December 2016, dominated by the influence of domestic emissions. It shows that the system provides valuable information on the composition and contributions of different countries to PM10.