Articles | Volume 20, issue 5
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-2795-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-2795-2020
Research article
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06 Mar 2020
Research article |  | 06 Mar 2020

Comparison of tropospheric NO2 columns from MAX-DOAS retrievals and regional air quality model simulations

Anne-Marlene Blechschmidt, Joaquim Arteta, Adriana Coman, Lyana Curier, Henk Eskes, Gilles Foret, Clio Gielen, Francois Hendrick, Virginie Marécal, Frédérik Meleux, Jonathan Parmentier, Enno Peters, Gaia Pinardi, Ankie J. M. Piters, Matthieu Plu, Andreas Richter, Arjo Segers, Mikhail Sofiev, Álvaro M. Valdebenito, Michel Van Roozendael, Julius Vira, Tim Vlemmix, and John P. Burrows

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AR by A. -M. Blechschmidt on behalf of the Authors (06 Sep 2018)  Author's response   Manuscript 
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (10 Sep 2018) by Tim Butler
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ED: Reconsider after major revisions (04 Oct 2018) by Tim Butler
AR by A. -M. Blechschmidt on behalf of the Authors (29 Nov 2019)  Author's response   Manuscript 
ED: Publish as is (16 Jan 2020) by Tim Butler
AR by A. -M. Blechschmidt on behalf of the Authors (20 Jan 2020)
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MAX-DOAS tropospheric NO2 vertical column retrievals from a set of European measurement stations are compared to regional air quality models which contribute to the operational Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS). Correlations are on the order of 35 %–75 %; large differences occur for individual pollution plumes. The results demonstrate that future model development needs to concentrate on improving representation of diurnal cycles and associated temporal scalings.
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