A complex aerosol transport event over Europe during the 2017 Storm Ophelia in CAMS forecast systems: analysis and evaluation

Akritidis, Dimitris; Katragkou, Eleni; Georgoulias, Aristeidis K.; Zanis, Prodromos; Kartsios, Stergios; Flemming, Johannes; Inness, Antje; Douros, John; Eskes, Henk

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-13557-2020

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-13557-2020

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-13557-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 20, issue 21

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13 Nov 2020

Research article |

| 13 Nov 2020

A complex aerosol transport event over Europe during the 2017 Storm Ophelia in CAMS forecast systems: analysis and evaluation

Dimitris Akritidis, Eleni Katragkou, Aristeidis K. Georgoulias, Prodromos Zanis, Stergios Kartsios, Johannes Flemming, Antje Inness, John Douros, and Henk Eskes

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-13557-2020-supplement

Data sets

ECMWF | CAMS Near-real-time ECMWF https://apps.ecmwf.int/datasets/data/cams-nrealtime/levtype=sfc/

EBAS database EBAS http://ebas.nilu.no

LAADS DAAC LAADS https://ladsweb.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/

Earthdata Search EARTHDATA https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search

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We assess the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS) global and regional forecasts performance during a complex aerosol transport event over Europe induced by the passage of Storm Ophelia in mid-October 2017. Comparison with satellite observations reveals a satisfactory performance of CAMS global forecast assisted by data assimilation, while comparison with ground-based measurements indicates that the CAMS regional system over-performs compared to the global one in terms of air quality.