Articles | Volume 19, issue 6
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-19-2577-2026
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https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-19-2577-2026
© Author(s) 2026. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Methods for assessment of models
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01 Apr 2026
Methods for assessment of models |
| 01 Apr 2026
| 01 Apr 2026
Introducing Volatile Organic Compound Model Intercomparison Project (VOCMIP)
CICERO Center for International Climate Research, 0318 Oslo, Norway
Øivind Hodnebrog
CICERO Center for International Climate Research, 0318 Oslo, Norway
Srinath Krishnan
CICERO Center for International Climate Research, 0318 Oslo, Norway
Maria Sand
CICERO Center for International Climate Research, 0318 Oslo, Norway
Marit Sandstad
CICERO Center for International Climate Research, 0318 Oslo, Norway
Ragnhild B. Skeie
CICERO Center for International Climate Research, 0318 Oslo, Norway
Lieven Clarisse
Spectroscopy, Quantum Chemistry and Atmospheric Remote Sensing (SQUARES), BLU-ULB Research Centre, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), 1050 Brussels, Belgium
Bruno Franco
Spectroscopy, Quantum Chemistry and Atmospheric Remote Sensing (SQUARES), BLU-ULB Research Centre, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), 1050 Brussels, Belgium
Dylan B. Millet
University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108, USA
Kelley C. Wells
University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108, USA
Alexander Archibald
Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
National Centre for Atmospheric Science, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 1EW, UK
Hannah N. Bryant
School of GeoSciences, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH9 3FF, UK
Alex T. Chaudhri
School of GeoSciences, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH9 3FF, UK
David S. Stevenson
School of GeoSciences, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH9 3FF, UK
Didier Hauglustaine
Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement (LSCE), CEA/CNRS/UVSQ, IPSL, Université Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
Michael Prather
Earth System Science Department, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA
J. Christopher Kaiser
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt, Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
Dirk J. L. Olivie
Norwegian Meteorological Institute, Oslo, Norway
Michael Schulz
Norwegian Meteorological Institute, Oslo, Norway
Oliver Wild
Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, Lancaster, LA1 4YQ, UK
Ye Wang
Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, Lancaster, LA1 4YQ, UK
Thérèse Salameh
IMT Nord Europe, Institut Mines-Télécom, Univ. Lille, Centre for Energy and Environment, 59000 Lille, France
Jason E. Williams
R&D Weather and Climate Modeling, Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute, De Bilt, the Netherlands
Philippe Le Sager
R&D Weather and Climate Modeling, Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute, De Bilt, the Netherlands
Fabien Paulot
NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, Princeton, NJ, USA
Kostas Tsigaridis
Center for Climate Systems Research, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, New York, NY, USA
Haley E. Plaas
Center for Climate Systems Research, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, New York, NY, USA
Data sets
VOCs_OsloCTM3_WACCM [Data set] Gunnar Myhre https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15827664
ROCRv2 methanol, ethene, ethyne, and HCN retrievals from the CrIS satellite sensor Kelley Wells et al. https://doi.org/10.13020/9r8x-pp66
Model code and software
ciceroOslo/OsloCTM3: v1.0.1-hydrogen-sensitivity Marit Sandstad and Stefanie Falk https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15309428
Short summary
Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) affect air quality and climate, but their behavior in the atmosphere is still uncertain. We launched a global research effort to compare how different models represent these compounds and to improve their accuracy. By analyzing model results alongside observations and satellite data, we aim to better understand the atmospheric composition of these compounds.
Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) affect air quality and climate, but their behavior in the...
