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Numerical study of the effects of initial conditions and emissions on PM2.5 concentration simulations with CAMx v6.1: a Xi'an case study
Han Xiao
College of Global Change and Earth System Science, Beijing Normal
University, Beijing 100875, China
College of Global Change and Earth System Science, Beijing Normal
University, Beijing 100875, China
Xiaochun Yang
College of Global Change and Earth System Science, Beijing Normal
University, Beijing 100875, China
Xi'an Meteorological Bureau, Shaanxi Province, Xi'an 710016, China
Lanning Wang
College of Global Change and Earth System Science, Beijing Normal
University, Beijing 100875, China
Huaqiong Cheng
College of Global Change and Earth System Science, Beijing Normal
University, Beijing 100875, China
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Short summary
Few studies have investigated the effects of initial conditions on the simulation or prediction of PM2.5 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 PM2.5 concentrations, a spin-up time of at least 27 h is needed.
Few studies have investigated the effects of initial conditions on the simulation or prediction...
