Evaluation of ECMWF IFS-AER (CAMS) operational forecasts during cycle 41r1–46r1 with calibrated ceilometer profiles over Germany

Flentje, Harald; Mattis, Ina; Kipling, Zak; Rémy, Samuel; Thomas, Werner

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-14-1721-2021

Articles | Volume 14, issue 3

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-14-1721-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-14-1721-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 14, issue 3

Model evaluation paper

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29 Mar 2021

Model evaluation paper |

| 29 Mar 2021

Evaluation of ECMWF IFS-AER (CAMS) operational forecasts during cycle 41r1–46r1 with calibrated ceilometer profiles over Germany

Harald Flentje, Ina Mattis, Zak Kipling, Samuel Rémy, and Werner Thomas

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'Review of manuscript gmd-2020-308', Anonymous Referee #1, 03 Dec 2020
- AC1: 'Reply to reviewer #1', Harald Flentje, 27 Jan 2021
RC2: 'review', Anonymous Referee #2, 06 Dec 2020
- AC2: 'Reply on RC2', Harald Flentje, 27 Jan 2021

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

AR by Harald Flentje on behalf of the Authors (27 Jan 2021) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (31 Jan 2021) by Jason Williams

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (01 Feb 2021)

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (03 Feb 2021)

ED: Publish as is (12 Feb 2021) by Jason Williams

AR by Harald Flentje on behalf of the Authors (16 Feb 2021) Author's response Manuscript

Short summary

Atmospheric aerosols crucially impact air quality, climate and weather. Thus, global model forecasts of atmospheric constituents are published daily on the ECMWF website and are regularly verified by the CAMS service team. The IFS-AER model is largely able to reproduce observed 3-D distributions of the important particle types over Germany. The particle concentration is mostly captured within several tens of percent, but quantification of some specific processes still remains a challenge.