Numerical study of the effects of initial conditions and emissions on PM<sub>2.5</sub> concentration simulations with CAMx v6.1: a Xi'an case study

Xiao, Han; Wu, Qizhong; Yang, Xiaochun; Wang, Lanning; Cheng, Huaqiong

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-14-223-2021

Articles | Volume 14, issue 1

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-14-223-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-14-223-2021

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

Articles | Volume 14, issue 1

Model experiment description paper

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15 Jan 2021

Model experiment description paper |

| 15 Jan 2021

Numerical study of the effects of initial conditions and emissions on PM_2.5 concentration simulations with CAMx v6.1: a Xi'an case study

Han Xiao, Qizhong Wu, Xiaochun Yang, Lanning Wang, and Huaqiong Cheng

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

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RC1: 'Interactive comment on“Numerical study of the initial condition and emission on simulating PM2.5 concentrations in Comprehensive Air Quality Model with extensions version 6.1 (CAMx v6.1): Taking Xi'an as example”', Anonymous Referee #1, 05 Jul 2020
- AC1: 'Response to Referee #1 on "Numerical study of the initial condition and emission on simulating PM2.5 concentrations in Comprehensive Air Quality Model with extensions version 6.1 (CAMx v6.1): Taking Xi'an as example"', Qizhong Wu, 28 Jul 2020
RC2: 'More model evaluation', Anonymous Referee #2, 31 Aug 2020
- AC2: 'Response to Referee #2 on "Numerical study of the initial condition and emission on simulating PM2.5 concentrations in Comprehensive Air Quality Model with extensions version 6.1 (CAMx v6.1): Taking Xi'an as example"', Qizhong Wu, 03 Sep 2020

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

AR by Svenja Lange on behalf of the Authors (02 Oct 2020) Author's response

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (15 Oct 2020) by Leena Järvi

AR by Qizhong Wu on behalf of the Authors (24 Oct 2020) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (04 Nov 2020) by Leena Järvi

Post-review adjustments

AA: Author's adjustment | EA: Editor approval

AA by Qizhong Wu on behalf of the Authors (22 Dec 2020) Author's adjustment Manuscript

EA: Adjustments approved (13 Jan 2021) by Leena Järvi

Short summary

Few studies have investigated the effects of initial conditions on the simulation or prediction of PM_2.5 concentrations. Here, sensitivity experiments are used to explore the effects of three initial mechanisms (clean, restart, and continuous) and emissions in Xi’an in December 2016. According to this work, if the restart mechanism cannot be used due to computing resource and storage space limitations when forecasting PM_2.5 concentrations, a spin-up time of at least 27 h is needed.

Numerical study of the effects of initial conditions and emissions on PM2.5 concentration simulations with CAMx v6.1: a Xi'an case study

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Numerical study of the effects of initial conditions and emissions on PM_2.5 concentration simulations with CAMx v6.1: a Xi'an case study