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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-6041-2016
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-6041-2016
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the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Research article
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18 May 2016
Research article |
| 18 May 2016
Evaluation of the performance of four chemical transport models in predicting the aerosol chemical composition in Europe in 2005
Marje Prank
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, 00560, Finland
Mikhail Sofiev
Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, 00560, Finland
Svetlana Tsyro
MET Norway, Norwegian Meteorological Institute, Oslo, Norway
Carlijn Hendriks
TNO, the Netherlands Organisation for applied scientific research, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Valiyaveetil Semeena
MET Norway, Norwegian Meteorological Institute, Oslo, Norway
Xavier Vazhappilly Francis
Centre for Atmospheric and Instrumentation Research (CAIR),
University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, UK
Tim Butler
Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies, Potsdam, Germany
Hugo Denier van der Gon
TNO, the Netherlands Organisation for applied scientific research, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Rainer Friedrich
IER, University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
Johannes Hendricks
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR), Institut für
Physik der Atmosphäre, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
Xin Kong
Centre for Atmospheric and Instrumentation Research (CAIR),
University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, UK
Mark Lawrence
Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies, Potsdam, Germany
Mattia Righi
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR), Institut für
Physik der Atmosphäre, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
Zissis Samaras
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
Robert Sausen
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR), Institut für
Physik der Atmosphäre, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
Jaakko Kukkonen
Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, 00560, Finland
Ranjeet Sokhi
Centre for Atmospheric and Instrumentation Research (CAIR),
University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, UK
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Short summary
Aerosol composition in Europe was simulated by four chemistry transport models and compared to observations to identify the most prominent areas for model improvement. Notable differences were found between the models' predictions, attributable to different treatment or omission of aerosol sources and processes. All models underestimated the observed concentrations by 10–60 %, mostly due to under-predicting the carbonaceous and mineral particles and omitting the aerosol-bound water.
Aerosol composition in Europe was simulated by four chemistry transport models and compared to...
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