Air quality modelling in the Berlin–Brandenburg region using WRF-Chem v3.7.1: sensitivity to resolution of model grid and input data

Kuik, Friderike; Lauer, Axel; Churkina, Galina; Denier van der Gon, Hugo A. C.; Fenner, Daniel; Mar, Kathleen A.; Butler, Tim M.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-9-4339-2016

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05 Dec 2016

Model evaluation paper |

| 05 Dec 2016

Air quality modelling in the Berlin–Brandenburg region using WRF-Chem v3.7.1: sensitivity to resolution of model grid and input data

Friderike Kuik, Axel Lauer, Galina Churkina, Hugo A. C. Denier van der Gon, Daniel Fenner, Kathleen A. Mar, and Tim M. Butler

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RC1: 'General Vote', Anonymous Referee #1, 01 Sep 2016
- AC1: 'Authors’ reply to comments of Referee 1', Friderike Kuik, 03 Nov 2016
RC2: 'Comments', Anonymous Referee #2, 07 Oct 2016
- AC2: 'Authors’ reply to comments of Referee 2', Friderike Kuik, 03 Nov 2016

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ED: Publish as is (16 Nov 2016) by Jason Williams

Short summary

The study evaluates the performance of a setup of the Weather Research and Forecasting model with chemistry and aerosols (WRF–Chem) for the Berlin–Brandenburg region of Germany. Its sensitivity to updating urban input parameters based on structural data for Berlin is tested, specifying land use classes on a sub-grid scale, downscaling the original emissions to a resolution of ca. 1 km by 1 km for Berlin based on proxy data and model resolution.