A regional air quality forecasting system over Europe: the MACC-II daily ensemble product
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Marecal, V.
Peuch, V.H.
Andersson, C.
Arteta, J.
Beckmann, M.
Benedictow, A.
Bergstrom, R.
Bessagnet, B.
Cansado, A.
Cheroux, F.
Colette, A.
Coman ,A.
Curier, R.L.
Denier van der Gon, H.A.C.
Drouin, A.
Elbern, H.
Emili, E.
Engelen, R.J.
Eskes, H.J.
Foret, G.
Friese, E.
Gauss, M.
Giannaros, C.
Guth, J.
Joly, M.
Jaumouille, E.
Josse, B.
Kadygrov, N.
Kaiser, J.W.
Kjajsek, K.
Kuenen, J.J.P.
Kumar, U.
Liora, N.
Lopez, E.
Malherbe, L.
Martinez, L.
Melas, D.
Meleux, F.
Menut, L.
Moinat, P.
Morales, T.
Parmentier, J.
Piacentini, A.
Plu, M.
Poupkou, A.
Queguiner, S.
Robertson, L.
Rouil, L.
Schaap, M.
Segers, A.J.
Sofiev, M.
Tarasson, L.
Thomas, M.
Timmermans, R.M.A.
Valdebenito, A.
Velthoven, P. van
Versendaal, R. van
Vira, J.
Ung, A.
This paper describes the pre-operational analysis and forecasting system developed during MACC (Monitoring Atmospheric Composition and Climate) and continued in the MACC-II (Monitoring Atmospheric Composition and Climate: Interim Implementation) European projects to provide air quality services for the European continent. This system is based on seven state-of-the art models developed and run in Europe (CHIMERE, EMEP, EURAD-IM, LOTOS EUROS, MATCH, MOCAGE and SILAM). These models are used to calculate multi-model ensemble products. The paper gives an overall picture of its status at the end of MACCII (summer 2014) and analyses the performance of the multimodel ensemble. The MACC-II system provides daily 96h forecasts with hourly outputs of 10 chemical species/aerosols (O3, NO2, SO2, CO, PM10, PM2.5, NO, NH3, total NMVOCs (non-methane volatile organic compounds) and PAN+PAN precursors) over eight vertical levels from the surface to 5km height. The hourly analysis at the surface is done a posteriori for the past day using a selection of representative air quality data from European monitoring stations.
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TNO Identifier
875706
Source
Geoscientific Model Developmeent, pp. 2777-2813.
Pages
2777-2813