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            https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-13-1925-2020
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                the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Hindcasting and forecasting of regional methane from coal mine emissions in the Upper Silesian Coal Basin using the online nested global regional chemistry–climate model MECO(n) (MESSy v2.53)
Anna-Leah Nickl
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                                            Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt, Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
                                        
                                    Mariano Mertens
                                            Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt, Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
                                        
                                    Anke Roiger
                                            Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt, Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
                                        
                                    Andreas Fix
                                            Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt, Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
                                        
                                    Axel Amediek
                                            Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt, Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
                                        
                                    Alina Fiehn
                                            Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt, Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
                                        
                                    Christoph Gerbig
                                            Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Jena, Germany
                                        
                                    Michal Galkowski
                                            Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Jena, Germany
                                        
                                    
                                            AGH University of Science and Technology, Krakow, Poland
                                        
                                    Astrid Kerkweg
                                            Institute of Geosciences and Meteorology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
                                        
                                    
                                            now at: Research Center Jülich, Institute of Energy and Climate Research, Jülich, Germany
                                        
                                    Theresa Klausner
                                            Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt, Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
                                        
                                    Maximilian Eckl
                                            Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt, Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
                                        
                                    Patrick Jöckel
                                            Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt, Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
                                        
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Short summary
            Based on the global and regional chemistry–climate model system MECO(n), we implemented a forecast system to support the planning of measurement campaign research flights with chemical weather forecasts. We applied this system for the first time to provide 6 d forecasts in support of the CoMet 1.0
campaign targeting methane emitted from coal mining ventilation shafts in the Upper Silesian Coal Basin in Poland. We describe the new forecast system and evaluate its forecast skill.
            Based on the global and regional chemistry–climate model system MECO(n), we implemented a...
            
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