Air quality modeling with WRF-Chem v3.5 in East Asia: sensitivity to emissions and evaluation of simulated air quality

Zhong, Min; Saikawa, Eri; Liu, Yang; Naik, Vaishali; Horowitz, Larry W.; Takigawa, Masayuki; Zhao, Yu; Lin, Neng-Huei; Stone, Elizabeth A.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-9-1201-2016

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Air quality modeling with WRF-Chem v3.5 in East Asia: sensitivity to emissions and evaluation of simulated air quality

Min Zhong, Eri Saikawa, Yang Liu, Vaishali Naik, Larry W. Horowitz, Masayuki Takigawa, Yu Zhao, Neng-Huei Lin, and Elizabeth A. Stone

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RC C3127: 'Anonymous Review on “Air Quality Modeling with WRF-Chem v3.5 in East and South Asia: sensitivity to emissions and evaluation of simulated air quality”', Anonymous Referee #1, 01 Dec 2015
- AC C3968: 'Response to referee #1', MIN ZHONG, 08 Feb 2016
RC C3540: 'Review Comments on doi:10.5194/gmdd-8-9373-2015 by Zhong et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 02 Jan 2016
- AC C3969: 'Response to referee #2', MIN ZHONG, 08 Feb 2016

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by M.Z. Zhong on behalf of the Authors (08 Feb 2016) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (10 Feb 2016) by Gerd A. Folberth

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (26 Feb 2016)

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (07 Mar 2016) by Gerd A. Folberth

AR by M.Z. Zhong on behalf of the Authors (11 Mar 2016) Author's response Manuscript

Short summary

Large discrepancies exist among emission inventories (e.g., REAS and EDGAR) at the provincial level in China. We use WRF-Chem to evaluate the impact of the difference in existing emission inventories and find that emissions inputs significantly affect our air pollutant simulation results. Our study highlights the importance of constraining emissions at the provincial level for regional air quality modeling over East Asia.