Development of WRF/CUACE v1.0 model and its preliminary application in simulating air quality in China

Zhang, Lei; Gong, Sunling; Zhao, Tianliang; Zhou, Chunhong; Wang, Yuesi; Li, Jiawei; Ji, Dongsheng; He, Jianjun; Liu, Hongli; Gui, Ke; Guo, Xiaomei; Gao, Jinhui; Shan, Yunpeng; Wang, Hong; Wang, Yaqiang; Che, Huizheng; Zhang, Xiaoye

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-14-703-2021

Articles | Volume 14, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-14-703-2021

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

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-14-703-2021

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

Articles | Volume 14, issue 2

Model description paper

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03 Feb 2021

Model description paper |

| 03 Feb 2021

Development of WRF/CUACE v1.0 model and its preliminary application in simulating air quality in China

Lei Zhang, Sunling Gong, Tianliang Zhao, Chunhong Zhou, Yuesi Wang, Jiawei Li, Dongsheng Ji, Jianjun He, Hongli Liu, Ke Gui, Xiaomei Guo, Jinhui Gao, Yunpeng Shan, Hong Wang, Yaqiang Wang, Huizheng Che, and Xiaoye Zhang

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RC1: 'Comments', Anonymous Referee #1, 31 Jul 2020
- AC1: 'Response to the comments of Referee #1', Lei Zhang, 25 Sep 2020
RC2: 'Review of: Development of WRF/CUACE v1.0 model and its preliminary application in simulating air quality in China', Anonymous Referee #2, 10 Aug 2020
- AC2: 'Response to the comments of Referee #2', Lei Zhang, 27 Sep 2020
- AC3: 'Response to the comments of Referee #2', Lei Zhang, 28 Sep 2020

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AR by Lei Zhang on behalf of the Authors (22 Oct 2020) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (19 Nov 2020) by Samuel Remy

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (04 Dec 2020)

ED: Publish as is (11 Dec 2020) by Samuel Remy

AR by Lei Zhang on behalf of the Authors (12 Dec 2020)

Short summary

Development of chemical transport models with advanced physics and chemical schemes is important for improving air-quality forecasts. This study develops the chemical module CUACE by updating with a new particle dry deposition scheme and adding heterogenous chemical reactions and couples it with the WRF model. The coupled model (WRF/CUACE) was able to capture well the variations of PM_2.5, O₃, NO₂, and secondary inorganic aerosols in eastern China.