Evaluation of WRF-Chem model (v3.9.1.1) real-time  air quality forecasts over the Eastern Mediterranean

Georgiou, George K.; Christoudias, Theodoros; Proestos, Yiannis; Kushta, Jonilda; Pikridas, Michael; Sciare, Jean; Savvides, Chrysanthos; Lelieveld, Jos

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-15-4129-2022

Articles | Volume 15, issue 10

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-15-4129-2022

© Author(s) 2022. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-15-4129-2022

© Author(s) 2022. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 15, issue 10

Model evaluation paper

|

30 May 2022

Model evaluation paper |

| 30 May 2022

Evaluation of WRF-Chem model (v3.9.1.1) real-time air quality forecasts over the Eastern Mediterranean

George K. Georgiou, Theodoros Christoudias, Yiannis Proestos, Jonilda Kushta, Michael Pikridas, Jean Sciare, Chrysanthos Savvides, and Jos Lelieveld

Supplement

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-15-4129-2022-supplement

Data sets

Modified WRF/Chem source code, output data, and post-processing scripts for the GMD manuscript "Evaluation of WRF/Chem model (v3.9.1.1) real-time air quality forecasts over the Eastern Mediterranean" G. K. Georgiou, T. Christoudias, Y. Proestos, J. Kushta, M. Pikridas, J. Sciare, C. Savvides, and J. Lelieveld https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6322996

Short summary

We evaluate the skill of the WRF-Chem model to perform high-resolution air quality forecasts (including ozone, nitrogen dioxide, and fine particulate matter) over the Eastern Mediterranean, during winter and summer. We compare the forecast output to observational data from background and urban locations and the forecast output from CAMS. WRF-Chem was found to forecast the concentrations and diurnal profiles of gas-phase pollutants in urban areas with higher accuracy.