Articles | Volume 18, issue 16
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-12123-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-12123-2018
Research article
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22 Aug 2018
Research article |  | 22 Aug 2018

Average versus high surface ozone levels over the continental USA: model bias, background influences, and interannual variability

Jean J. Guo, Arlene M. Fiore, Lee T. Murray, Daniel A. Jaffe, Jordan L. Schnell, Charles T. Moore, and George P. Milly

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We use the GEOS-Chem model to estimate the influence from anthropogenic and background sources to ozone over the USA. Novel findings include the point that year-to-year background variability on the 10 highest observed ozone days is driven mainly by natural sources and not international or intercontinental pollution transport. High positive model biases during summer are associated with regional ozone production. The EPA 3-year average metric falls short of its aim to remove natural variability.
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