Geoscientific Model Development
Geoscientific Model Development
GMD
The community version of the Weather Research and Forecasting Model as it is coupled with Chemistry (WRF-Chem) (GMD/ACP inter-journal SI)(GMD/ACP inter-journal SI)
Special issues
Special issues
The community version of the Weather Research and Forecasting Model as it is coupled with Chemistry (WRF-Chem) (GMD/ACP inter-journal SI)(GMD/ACP inter-journal SI)
Editor(s): GMD topic editors | Coordinator: G. A. Grell Special issue jointly organized between Geoscientific Model Development and Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
The Weather Research and Forecast community modelling system coupled with Chemistry (WRF-Chem) provides the capability to simulate and forecast weather, trace gases, and aerosols from hemispheric to urban scales. WRF-Chem is a community model. WRF-Chem is an online modelling system which includes the treatment of the aerosol direct and indirect effect. It incorporates many choices for gas phase chemistry and aerosols with degrees of complexity that are suitable for forecasting and research applications. Due to its versatility WRF-Chem is attracting a large user and developer community world-wide. The present time-unlimited Special Issue hosts scientific technical documentation and evaluation manuscripts concerned with the community version of WRF-Chem.

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07 Jan 2019
The AFWA dust emission scheme for the GOCART aerosol model in WRF-Chem v3.8.1
Sandra L. LeGrand, Chris Polashenski, Theodore W. Letcher, Glenn A. Creighton, Steven E. Peckham, and Jeffrey D. Cetola
Geosci. Model Dev., 12, 131–166, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-12-131-2019,https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-12-131-2019, 2019
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17 Sep 2018
Assimilating compact phase space retrievals (CPSRs): comparison with independent observations (MOZAIC in situ and IASI retrievals) and extension to assimilation of truncated retrieval profiles
Arthur P. Mizzi, David P. Edwards, and Jeffrey L. Anderson
Geosci. Model Dev., 11, 3727–3745, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-11-3727-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-11-3727-2018, 2018
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13 Jun 2018
Top–down quantification of NOx emissions from traffic in an urban area using a high-resolution regional atmospheric chemistry model
Friderike Kuik, Andreas Kerschbaumer, Axel Lauer, Aurelia Lupascu, Erika von Schneidemesser, and Tim M. Butler
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 18, 8203–8225, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-8203-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-8203-2018, 2018
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08 Jun 2018
WRF and WRF-Chem v3.5.1 simulations of meteorology and black carbon concentrations in the Kathmandu Valley
Andrea Mues, Axel Lauer, Aurelia Lupascu, Maheswar Rupakheti, Friderike Kuik, and Mark G. Lawrence
Geosci. Model Dev., 11, 2067–2091, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-11-2067-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-11-2067-2018, 2018
02 Feb 2018
Air quality modelling in the summer over the eastern Mediterranean using WRF-Chem: chemistry and aerosol mechanism intercomparison
George K. Georgiou, Theodoros Christoudias, Yiannis Proestos, Jonilda Kushta, Panos Hadjinicolaou, and Jos Lelieveld
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 18, 1555–1571, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-1555-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-1555-2018, 2018
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01 Dec 2017
Spatiotemporal distribution of nitrogen dioxide within and around a large-scale wind farm – a numerical case study
Jingyue Mo, Tao Huang, Xiaodong Zhang, Yuan Zhao, Xiao Liu, Jixiang Li, Hong Gao, and Jianmin Ma
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 17, 14239–14252, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-14239-2017,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-14239-2017, 2017
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05 Dec 2017
WRF-Chem simulated surface ozone over south Asia during the pre-monsoon: effects of emission inventories and chemical mechanisms
Amit Sharma, Narendra Ojha, Andrea Pozzer, Kathleen A. Mar, Gufran Beig, Jos Lelieveld, and Sachin S. Gunthe
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 17, 14393–14413, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-14393-2017,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-14393-2017, 2017
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22 Jun 2017
Four-dimensional variational inversion of black carbon emissions during ARCTAS-CARB with WRFDA-Chem
Jonathan J. Guerrette and Daven K. Henze
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 17, 7605–7633, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-7605-2017,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-7605-2017, 2017
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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
Geosci. Model Dev., 9, 4339–4363, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-9-4339-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-9-4339-2016, 2016
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19 Oct 2016
Ozone air quality simulations with WRF-Chem (v3.5.1) over Europe: model evaluation and chemical mechanism comparison
Kathleen A. Mar, Narendra Ojha, Andrea Pozzer, and Tim M. Butler
Geosci. Model Dev., 9, 3699–3728, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-9-3699-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-9-3699-2016, 2016
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01 Dec 2016
Impacts of heterogeneous uptake of dinitrogen pentoxide and chlorine activation on ozone and reactive nitrogen partitioning: improvement and application of the WRF-Chem model in southern China
Qinyi Li, Li Zhang, Tao Wang, Yee Jun Tham, Ravan Ahmadov, Likun Xue, Qiang Zhang, and Junyu Zheng
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 16, 14875–14890, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-14875-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-14875-2016, 2016
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27 May 2016
Sensitivity of biogenic volatile organic compounds to land surface parameterizations and vegetation distributions in California
Chun Zhao, Maoyi Huang, Jerome D. Fast, Larry K. Berg, Yun Qian, Alex Guenther, Dasa Gu, Manish Shrivastava, Ying Liu, Stacy Walters, Gabriele Pfister, Jiming Jin, John E. Shilling, and Carsten Warneke
Geosci. Model Dev., 9, 1959–1976, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-9-1959-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-9-1959-2016, 2016
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10 May 2016
Trans-Pacific transport and evolution of aerosols: evaluation of quasi-global WRF-Chem simulation with multiple observations
Zhiyuan Hu, Chun Zhao, Jianping Huang, L. Ruby Leung, Yun Qian, Hongbin Yu, Lei Huang, and Olga V. Kalashnikova
Geosci. Model Dev., 9, 1725–1746, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-9-1725-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-9-1725-2016, 2016
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01 Apr 2016
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
Geosci. Model Dev., 9, 1201–1218, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-9-1201-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-9-1201-2016, 2016
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04 Mar 2016
Assimilating compact phase space retrievals of atmospheric composition with WRF-Chem/DART: a regional chemical transport/ensemble Kalman filter data assimilation system
Arthur P. Mizzi, Avelino F. Arellano Jr., David P. Edwards, Jeffrey L. Anderson, and Gabriele G. Pfister
Geosci. Model Dev., 9, 965–978, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-9-965-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-9-965-2016, 2016
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12 Feb 2016
Modeling study of the 2010 regional haze event in the North China Plain
M. Gao, G. R. Carmichael, Y. Wang, P. E. Saide, M. Yu, J. Xin, Z. Liu, and Z. Wang
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 16, 1673–1691, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-1673-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-1673-2016, 2016
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12 Aug 2015
The anthropogenic contribution to atmospheric black carbon concentrations in southern Africa: a WRF-Chem modeling study
F. Kuik, A. Lauer, J. P. Beukes, P. G. Van Zyl, M. Josipovic, V. Vakkari, L. Laakso, and G. T. Feig
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 15, 8809–8830, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-8809-2015,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-8809-2015, 2015
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16 Jul 2015
Application of WRF/Chem over North America under the AQMEII Phase 2 – Part 2: Evaluation of 2010 application and responses of air quality and meteorology–chemistry interactions to changes in emissions and meteorology from 2006 to 2010
K. Yahya, K. Wang, Y. Zhang, and T. E. Kleindienst
Geosci. Model Dev., 8, 2095–2117, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-8-2095-2015,https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-8-2095-2015, 2015
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16 Jul 2015
Evaluation of the high resolution WRF-Chem (v3.4.1) air quality forecast and its comparison with statistical ozone predictions
R. Žabkar, L. Honzak, G. Skok, R. Forkel, J. Rakovec, A. Ceglar, and N. Žagar
Geosci. Model Dev., 8, 2119–2137, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-8-2119-2015,https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-8-2119-2015, 2015
04 Sep 2015
A new chemistry option in WRF-Chem v. 3.4 for the simulation of direct and indirect aerosol effects using VBS: evaluation against IMPACT-EUCAARI data
P. Tuccella, G. Curci, G. A. Grell, G. Visconti, S. Crumeyrolle, A. Schwarzenboeck, and A. A. Mensah
Geosci. Model Dev., 8, 2749–2776, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-8-2749-2015,https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-8-2749-2015, 2015
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14 Jan 2015
Understanding high wintertime ozone pollution events in an oil- and natural gas-producing region of the western US
R. Ahmadov, S. McKeen, M. Trainer, R. Banta, A. Brewer, S. Brown, P. M. Edwards, J. A. de Gouw, G. J. Frost, J. Gilman, D. Helmig, B. Johnson, A. Karion, A. Koss, A. Langford, B. Lerner, J. Olson, S. Oltmans, J. Peischl, G. Pétron, Y. Pichugina, J. M. Roberts, T. Ryerson, R. Schnell, C. Senff, C. Sweeney, C. Thompson, P. R. Veres, C. Warneke, R. Wild, E. J. Williams, B. Yuan, and R. Zamora
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 15, 411–429, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-411-2015,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-411-2015, 2015
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19 May 2015
Sources of black carbon aerosols in South Asia and surrounding regions during the Integrated Campaign for Aerosols, Gases and Radiation Budget (ICARB)
R. Kumar, M. C. Barth, V. S. Nair, G. G. Pfister, S. Suresh Babu, S. K. Satheesh, K. Krishna Moorthy, G. R. Carmichael, Z. Lu, and D. G. Streets
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 15, 5415–5428, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-5415-2015,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-5415-2015, 2015
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07 Apr 2015
Twelve-month, 12 km resolution North American WRF-Chem v3.4 air quality simulation: performance evaluation
C. W. Tessum, J. D. Hill, and J. D. Marshall
Geosci. Model Dev., 8, 957–973, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-8-957-2015,https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-8-957-2015, 2015
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09 Oct 2014
Air quality in Delhi during the Commonwealth Games
P. Marrapu, Y. Cheng, G. Beig, S. Sahu, R. Srinivas, and G. R. Carmichael
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 14, 10619–10630, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-14-10619-2014,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-14-10619-2014, 2014
20 Mar 2015
Generalized background error covariance matrix model (GEN_BE v2.0)
G. Descombes, T. Auligné, F. Vandenberghe, D. M. Barker, and J. Barré
Geosci. Model Dev., 8, 669–696, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-8-669-2015,https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-8-669-2015, 2015
24 Jun 2014
Simulation of semi-explicit mechanisms of SOA formation from glyoxal in aerosol in a 3-D model
C. Knote, A. Hodzic, J. L. Jimenez, R. Volkamer, J. J. Orlando, S. Baidar, J. Brioude, J. Fast, D. R. Gentner, A. H. Goldstein, P. L. Hayes, W. B. Knighton, H. Oetjen, A. Setyan, H. Stark, R. Thalman, G. Tyndall, R. Washenfelder, E. Waxman, and Q. Zhang
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 14, 6213–6239, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-14-6213-2014,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-14-6213-2014, 2014
19 Nov 2014
The impact of aerosol optical depth assimilation on aerosol forecasts and radiative effects during a wild fire event over the United States
D. Chen, Z. Liu, C. S. Schwartz, H.-C. Lin, J. D. Cetola, Y. Gu, and L. Xue
Geosci. Model Dev., 7, 2709–2715, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-7-2709-2014,https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-7-2709-2014, 2014
30 Oct 2014
Simulating black carbon and dust and their radiative forcing in seasonal snow: a case study over North China with field campaign measurements
C. Zhao, Z. Hu, Y. Qian, L. Ruby Leung, J. Huang, M. Huang, J. Jin, M. G. Flanner, R. Zhang, H. Wang, H. Yan, Z. Lu, and D. G. Streets
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 14, 11475–11491, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-14-11475-2014,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-14-11475-2014, 2014
24 Feb 2015
A new WRF-Chem treatment for studying regional-scale impacts of cloud processes on aerosol and trace gases in parameterized cumuli
L. K. Berg, M. Shrivastava, R. C. Easter, J. D. Fast, E. G. Chapman, Y. Liu, and R. A. Ferrare
Geosci. Model Dev., 8, 409–429, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-8-409-2015,https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-8-409-2015, 2015
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13 Aug 2014
Implementation of aerosol assimilation in Gridpoint Statistical Interpolation (v. 3.2) and WRF-Chem (v. 3.4.1)
M. Pagowski, Z. Liu, G. A. Grell, M. Hu, H.-C. Lin, and C. S. Schwartz
Geosci. Model Dev., 7, 1621–1627, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-7-1621-2014,https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-7-1621-2014, 2014
08 Nov 2014
Gaseous chemistry and aerosol mechanism developments for version 3.5.1 of the online regional model, WRF-Chem
S. Archer-Nicholls, D. Lowe, S. Utembe, J. Allan, R. A. Zaveri, J. D. Fast, Ø. Hodnebrog, H. Denier van der Gon, and G. McFiggans
Geosci. Model Dev., 7, 2557–2579, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-7-2557-2014,https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-7-2557-2014, 2014
06 Jan 2014
Mesoscale modeling of smoke transport over the Southeast Asian Maritime Continent: coupling of smoke direct radiative effect below and above the low-level clouds
C. Ge, J. Wang, and J. S. Reid
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 14, 159–174, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-14-159-2014,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-14-159-2014, 2014
05 Nov 2013
Uncertainty in modeling dust mass balance and radiative forcing from size parameterization
C. Zhao, S. Chen, L. R. Leung, Y. Qian, J. F. Kok, R. A. Zaveri, and J. Huang
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 13, 10733–10753, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-13-10733-2013,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-13-10733-2013, 2013
29 Oct 2013
Aerosol optical depth assimilation for a size-resolved sectional model: impacts of observationally constrained, multi-wavelength and fine mode retrievals on regional scale analyses and forecasts
P. E. Saide, G. R. Carmichael, Z. Liu, C. S. Schwartz, H. C. Lin, A. M. da Silva, and E. Hyer
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 13, 10425–10444, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-13-10425-2013,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-13-10425-2013, 2013
03 Apr 2013
Evaluating a lightning parameterization based on cloud-top height for mesoscale numerical model simulations
J. Wong, M. C. Barth, and D. Noone
Geosci. Model Dev., 6, 429–443, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-6-429-2013,https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-6-429-2013, 2013
09 Apr 2013
Inclusion of ash and SO2 emissions from volcanic eruptions in WRF-Chem: development and some applications
M. Stuefer, S. R. Freitas, G. Grell, P. Webley, S. Peckham, S. A. McKeen, and S. D. Egan
Geosci. Model Dev., 6, 457–468, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-6-457-2013,https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-6-457-2013, 2013
11 May 2012
Simulations over South Asia using the Weather Research and Forecasting model with Chemistry (WRF-Chem): chemistry evaluation and initial results
R. Kumar, M. Naja, G. G. Pfister, M. C. Barth, C. Wiedinmyer, and G. P. Brasseur
Geosci. Model Dev., 5, 619–648, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-5-619-2012,https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-5-619-2012, 2012
24 Apr 2012
Impact of the Desert dust on the summer monsoon system over Southwestern North America
C. Zhao, X. Liu, and L. R. Leung
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 12, 3717–3731, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-12-3717-2012,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-12-3717-2012, 2012
20 Mar 2012
Simulations over South Asia using the Weather Research and Forecasting model with Chemistry (WRF-Chem): set-up and meteorological evaluation
R. Kumar, M. Naja, G. G. Pfister, M. C. Barth, and G. P. Brasseur
Geosci. Model Dev., 5, 321–343, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-5-321-2012,https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-5-321-2012, 2012
06 Jun 2011
Inclusion of biomass burning in WRF-Chem: impact of wildfires on weather forecasts
G. Grell, S. R. Freitas, M. Stuefer, and J. Fast
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 11, 5289–5303, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-11-5289-2011,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-11-5289-2011, 2011
01 Mar 2011
Radiative impact of mineral dust on monsoon precipitation variability over West Africa
C. Zhao, X. Liu, L. Ruby Leung, and S. Hagos
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 11, 1879–1893, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-11-1879-2011,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-11-1879-2011, 2011
20 Sep 2010
The spatial distribution of mineral dust and its shortwave radiative forcing over North Africa: modeling sensitivities to dust emissions and aerosol size treatments
C. Zhao, X. Liu, L. R. Leung, B. Johnson, S. A. McFarlane, W. I. Gustafson Jr., J. D. Fast, and R. Easter
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 10, 8821–8838, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-10-8821-2010,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-10-8821-2010, 2010
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