A multi-model comparison of meteorological drivers of surface ozone over Europe

Otero, Noelia; Sillmann, Jana; Mar, Kathleen A.; Rust, Henning W.; Solberg, Sverre; Andersson, Camilla; Engardt, Magnuz; Bergström, Robert; Bessagnet, Bertrand; Colette, Augustin; Couvidat, Florian; Cuvelier, Cournelius; Tsyro, Svetlana; Fagerli, Hilde; Schaap, Martijn; Manders, Astrid; Mircea, Mihaela; Briganti, Gino; Cappelletti, Andrea; Adani, Mario; D'Isidoro, Massimo; Pay, María-Teresa; Theobald, Mark; Vivanco, Marta G.; Wind, Peter; Ojha, Narendra; Raffort, Valentin; Butler, Tim

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-12269-2018

Articles | Volume 18, issue 16

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-12269-2018

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-12269-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
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Articles | Volume 18, issue 16

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24 Aug 2018

Research article |

| 24 Aug 2018

A multi-model comparison of meteorological drivers of surface ozone over Europe

Noelia Otero, Jana Sillmann, Kathleen A. Mar, Henning W. Rust, Sverre Solberg, Camilla Andersson, Magnuz Engardt, Robert Bergström, Bertrand Bessagnet, Augustin Colette, Florian Couvidat, Cournelius Cuvelier, Svetlana Tsyro, Hilde Fagerli, Martijn Schaap, Astrid Manders, Mihaela Mircea, Gino Briganti, Andrea Cappelletti, Mario Adani, Massimo D'Isidoro, María-Teresa Pay, Mark Theobald, Marta G. Vivanco, Peter Wind, Narendra Ojha, Valentin Raffort, and Tim Butler

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RC1: 'RC: review of "A multi-model comparison of meteorological drivers of surface ozone over Europe"', Anonymous Referee #3, 15 May 2018
RC2: 'Review of A multi-model comparison of meteorological drivers of surface ozone over Europe by Otero et al.', Anonymous Referee #4, 16 May 2018
RC3: 'comments on 'A multi-model comparison of meteorological drivers of surface ozone over Europe'', Anonymous Referee #2, 18 May 2018
AC1: 'Authors’ comment on “A multi-model comparison of meteorological drivers of surface ozone over Europe” (acp-2017-787)', Noelia Otero, 18 May 2018
RC4: 'Review for the work by Otero at al.', Anonymous Referee #1, 21 May 2018
SC1: 'Comments about the manuscript by Otero et al. (2018)', Carlos Ordóñez, 27 May 2018

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AR by Noelia Otero on behalf of the Authors (06 Jul 2018) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (08 Aug 2018) by Jørgen Brandt

AR by Noelia Otero on behalf of the Authors (10 Aug 2018)

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This paper evaluates the capability of air-quality models to capture the observed relationship between surface ozone concentrations and meteorology over Europe. The air-quality models tended to overestimate the influence of maximum temperature and surface solar radiation. None of the air-quality models captured the strength of the observed relationship between ozone and relative humidity appropriately, underestimating the effect of relative humidity, a key factor in the ozone removal processes.