Articles | Volume 14, issue 9
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-14-5789-2021
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the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.GCAP 2.0: a global 3-D chemical-transport model framework for past, present, and future climate scenarios
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- AC1: 'Response to reviewers', Lee Murray, 25 Jul 2021
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ED: Publish as is (23 Aug 2021) by Fiona O'Connor

AR by Lee Murray on behalf of the Authors (23 Aug 2021)
This manuscript presents a description and evaluation of the second generation one-way offline coupling between NASA GISS E2.1 GCM and GEOS-Chem CTM (GCAP 2.0). This is an update of the on the initial GCAP framework, with improved GISS meteorology and GEOS-Chem emissions/chemistry.
The authors include a thorough presentation of the meteorological fields and emissions, with a comparison of three types of meteorology: MERRA-2, E2.1 nudged to MERRA-2, and E2.1. The model simulations are intercompared and evaluated against observations for atmospheric constituents (O3, NO2, HCHO, CO, PM2.5; lifetimes of CH4 and CH3CCl3; AOD) and transport tracers (SF6 and radionucleides). This enables a detailed evaluation of transport as well as chemistry and deposition. This paper is a substantial contribution to modeling science and provides a new tool for the community. The paper is well writen and well organized. I recommend publication.
Technical corrections:
Please check the figure captions of Figures 15 onwards as some have a typo “The number in the lower left shows the mean bias of the model with respect to the observations”, which should be lower right.
Line 612: The MODIS instrument is onboard the Aqua satellite (not Aura). Also line 616 should be correscted by adding Aqua.