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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-14005-2015
© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
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Research article
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18 Dec 2015
Research article |
| 18 Dec 2015
Evaluation of the MACC operational forecast system – potential and challenges of global near-real-time modelling with respect to reactive gases in the troposphere
A. Wagner
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Deutscher Wetterdienst, Meteorologisches Observatorium Hohenpeissenberg, Hohenpeissenberg, Germany
A.-M. Blechschmidt
Institute of Environmental Physics, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
I. Bouarar
Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ. Paris 06, Université Versailles St-Quentin, CNRS/INSU, LATMOS-IPSL, Paris, France
now at: Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany
E.-G. Brunke
South African Weather Service, Stellenbosch, South Africa
C. Clerbaux
Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ. Paris 06, Université Versailles St-Quentin, CNRS/INSU, LATMOS-IPSL, Paris, France
M. Cupeiro
National Meteorological Service, Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina
P. Cristofanelli
National Research Council of Italy, ISAC, Bologna, Italy
Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute, De Bilt, the Netherlands
J. Flemming
European Centre for Medium-range Weather Forecasts, Reading, UK
H. Flentje
Deutscher Wetterdienst, Meteorologisches Observatorium Hohenpeissenberg, Hohenpeissenberg, Germany
M. George
Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ. Paris 06, Université Versailles St-Quentin, CNRS/INSU, LATMOS-IPSL, Paris, France
S. Gilge
Deutscher Wetterdienst, Meteorologisches Observatorium Hohenpeissenberg, Hohenpeissenberg, Germany
A. Hilboll
Institute of Environmental Physics, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
A. Inness
European Centre for Medium-range Weather Forecasts, Reading, UK
J. Kapsomenakis
Academy of Athens, Research Centre for Atmospheric Physics and Climatology, Athens, Greece
A. Richter
Institute of Environmental Physics, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
L. Ries
Federal Environment Agency, GAW Global Station Zugspitze/Hohenpeissenberg, Zugspitze 5, 82475 Zugspitze, Germany
W. Spangl
Umweltbundesamt GmbH, Air Pollution Control & Climate Change Mitigation, Vienna, Austria
Forschungszentrum Jülich, IEK-8 (Troposphere), Jülich, Germany
R. Weller
Alfred Wegener Institute, Bremerhaven, Germany
C. Zerefos
Academy of Athens, Research Centre for Atmospheric Physics and Climatology, Athens, Greece
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The Monitoring Atmospheric Composition and Climate project (MACC) operationally produces global analyses and forecasts of reactive gases and aerosol fields. We have investigated the ability of the model to simulate concentrations of reactive gases (carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide and ozone) between 2009 and 2012. The model reproduced reactive gas concentrations with consistent quality, however, with a seasonally dependent bias compared to surface and satellite observations.
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