Validation of reactive gases and aerosols in the MACC global analysis and forecast system

Eskes, H.; Huijnen, V.; Arola, A.; Benedictow, A.; Blechschmidt, A.-M.; Botek, E.; Boucher, O.; Bouarar, I.; Chabrillat, S.; Cuevas, E.; Engelen, R.; Flentje, H.; Gaudel, A.; Griesfeller, J.; Jones, L.; Kapsomenakis, J.; Katragkou, E.; Kinne, S.; Langerock, B.; Razinger, M.; Richter, A.; Schultz, M.; Schulz, M.; Sudarchikova, N.; Thouret, V.; Vrekoussis, M.; Wagner, A.; Zerefos, C.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-8-3523-2015

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Validation of reactive gases and aerosols in the MACC global analysis and forecast system

H. Eskes, V. Huijnen, A. Arola, A. Benedictow, A.-M. Blechschmidt, E. Botek, O. Boucher, I. Bouarar, S. Chabrillat, E. Cuevas, R. Engelen, H. Flentje, A. Gaudel, J. Griesfeller, L. Jones, J. Kapsomenakis, E. Katragkou, S. Kinne, B. Langerock, M. Razinger, A. Richter, M. Schultz, M. Schulz, N. Sudarchikova, V. Thouret, M. Vrekoussis, A. Wagner, and C. Zerefos

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RC C75: 'Referee comments on "Validation of reactive gases and aerosols in the MACC global analysis and forecast system"', Anonymous Referee #1, 23 Feb 2015
RC C400: 'Review of Eskes et al., 2014, 'Validation of reactive gases and aerosols in the MACC global analysis and forecast system', GMDD', Anonymous Referee #2, 08 Apr 2015
RC C446: 'Referee comments for 'Validation of reactive gases and aerosols in the MACC global analysis and forecast system'', Anonymous Referee #3, 14 Apr 2015
AC C2039: 'Reply to anonymous referee #1', Henk Eskes, 16 Sep 2015
AC C2046: 'Response to anonymous referee #2', Henk Eskes, 16 Sep 2015
AC C2061: 'Response to Anonymous Referee #3', Henk Eskes, 16 Sep 2015

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AR by Henk Eskes on behalf of the Authors (09 Oct 2015) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (23 Oct 2015) by Graham Mann

AR by Henk Eskes on behalf of the Authors (24 Oct 2015)

Short summary

The MACC project is preparing the operational atmosphere service of the European Copernicus Programme, and uses data assimilation to combine atmospheric models with available observations. Our paper provides an overview of the aerosol and trace gas validation activity of MACC. Topics are the validation requirements, the measurement data, the assimilation systems, the upgrade procedure, operational aspects and the scoring methods. A summary is provided of recent results, including special events.