An exploratory performance assessment of the CHIMERE model (version 2017r4) for the northwestern Iberian Peninsula and the summer season

Brands, Swen; Fernández-García, Guillermo; García Vivanco, Marta; Tesouro Montecelo, Marcos; Gallego Fernández, Nuria; Saunders Estévez, Anthony David; Carracedo García, Pablo Enrique; Neto Venâncio, Anabela; Melo Da Costa, Pedro; Costa Tomé, Paula; Otero, Cristina; Macho, María Luz; Taboada, Juan

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-13-3947-2020

Articles | Volume 13, issue 9

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-13-3947-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-13-3947-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 13, issue 9

Model evaluation paper

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03 Sep 2020

Model evaluation paper |

| 03 Sep 2020

An exploratory performance assessment of the CHIMERE model (version 2017r4) for the northwestern Iberian Peninsula and the summer season

Swen Brands, Guillermo Fernández-García, Marta García Vivanco, Marcos Tesouro Montecelo, Nuria Gallego Fernández, Anthony David Saunders Estévez, Pablo Enrique Carracedo García, Anabela Neto Venâncio, Pedro Melo Da Costa, Paula Costa Tomé, Cristina Otero, María Luz Macho, and Juan Taboada

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RC1: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #1, 13 Mar 2020
- AC1: 'Author Response to Anonymous Referee 1', Swen Brands, 04 Jun 2020
RC2: 'Reviewers comment', Anonymous Referee #2, 19 Apr 2020
- AC2: 'Author Response to Anonymous Referee 2', Swen Brands, 04 Jun 2020

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AR by Lorena Grabowski on behalf of the Authors (12 Jun 2020) Author's response

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (19 Jun 2020) by Patrick Jöckel

AR by Swen Brands on behalf of the Authors (28 Jun 2020) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (06 Jul 2020) by Patrick Jöckel

Short summary

The capability of numerical models to predict air quality depends on many factors. Here, the role of the applied model resolution, emission configuration and model chemistry is assessed for the CHIMERE model and the northwestern Iberian Peninsula. Although heterogeneous results are obtained, the forecasts can be systematically improved by increasing the vertical resolution in the lower and middle troposphere. This finding might also apply to other regions with similar characteristics.