Evaluation of the offline-coupled GFSv15–FV3–CMAQv5.0.2 in support of the next-generation National Air Quality Forecast Capability over the contiguous United States

Chen, Xiaoyang; Zhang, Yang; Wang, Kai; Tong, Daniel; Lee, Pius; Tang, Youhua; Huang, Jianping; Campbell, Patrick C.; Mcqueen, Jeff; Pye, Havala O. T.; Murphy, Benjamin N.; Kang, Daiwen

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-14-3969-2021

Articles | Volume 14, issue 6

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-14-3969-2021

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

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-14-3969-2021

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

Articles | Volume 14, issue 6

Model evaluation paper

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29 Jun 2021

Model evaluation paper |

| 29 Jun 2021

Evaluation of the offline-coupled GFSv15–FV3–CMAQv5.0.2 in support of the next-generation National Air Quality Forecast Capability over the contiguous United States

Xiaoyang Chen, Yang Zhang, Kai Wang, Daniel Tong, Pius Lee, Youhua Tang, Jianping Huang, Patrick C. Campbell, Jeff Mcqueen, Havala O. T. Pye, Benjamin N. Murphy, and Daiwen Kang

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RC1: 'comments', Anonymous Referee #1, 27 Sep 2020
- AC1: 'Reply on RC1', Xiaoyang Chen, 19 Jan 2021
RC2: 'Comments on manuscript gmd-2020-272', Anonymous Referee #2, 08 Oct 2020
- AC2: 'Reply on RC2', Xiaoyang Chen, 19 Jan 2021

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AR by Xiaoyang Chen on behalf of the Authors (19 Jan 2021) Author's response Author's tracked changes Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (23 Jan 2021) by Jason Williams

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (27 Jan 2021)

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (03 Feb 2021)

ED: Publish as is (07 Feb 2021) by Jason Williams

AR by Xiaoyang Chen on behalf of the Authors (17 Feb 2021)

Short summary

The continuously updated National Air Quality Forecast Capability (NAQFC) provides air quality forecasts. To support the development of the next-generation NAQFC, we evaluate a prototype of GFSv15-CMAQv5.0.2. The performance and the potential improvements for the system are discussed. This study can provide a scientific basis for further development of NAQFC and help it to provide more accurate air quality forecasts to the public over the contiguous United States.