Regional modelling of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons: WRF-Chem-PAH model development and East Asia case studies

Mu, Qing; Lammel, Gerhard; Gencarelli, Christian N.; Hedgecock, Ian M.; Chen, Ying; Přibylová, Petra; Teich, Monique; Zhang, Yuxuan; Zheng, Guangjie; van Pinxteren, Dominik; Zhang, Qiang; Herrmann, Hartmut; Shiraiwa, Manabu; Spichtinger, Peter; Su, Hang; Pöschl, Ulrich; Cheng, Yafang

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-12253-2017

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-12253-2017

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-12253-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
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Articles | Volume 17, issue 19

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13 Oct 2017

Research article |

| 13 Oct 2017

Regional modelling of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons: WRF-Chem-PAH model development and East Asia case studies

Qing Mu, Gerhard Lammel, Christian N. Gencarelli, Ian M. Hedgecock, Ying Chen, Petra Přibylová, Monique Teich, Yuxuan Zhang, Guangjie Zheng, Dominik van Pinxteren, Qiang Zhang, Hartmut Herrmann, Manabu Shiraiwa, Peter Spichtinger, Hang Su, Ulrich Pöschl, and Yafang Cheng

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RC1: 'missing information in the paper', Anonymous Referee #1, 19 Jul 2017
- AC1: 'Response to Referee #1 on behalf of all authors', Qing Mu, 23 Aug 2017
RC2: 'insufficient model evaluation', Anonymous Referee #2, 28 Jul 2017
- AC2: 'Response to Referee #2 on behalf of all authors', Qing Mu, 23 Aug 2017

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Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are hazardous pollutants with the largest emissions in East Asia. The regional WRF-Chem-PAH model has been developed to reflect the state-of-the-art understanding of current PAHs studies with several new or updated features. It is able to reasonably well simulate the concentration levels and particulate mass fractions of PAHs near the sources and at a remote outflow region of East Asia, in high spatial and temporal resolutions.