Model development of dust emission and heterogeneous chemistry within the
Community Multiscale Air Quality modeling system and its application over
East Asia

Dong, Xinyi; Fu, Joshua S.; Huang, Kan; Tong, Daniel; Zhuang, Guoshun

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-8157-2016

Articles | Volume 16, issue 13

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-8157-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-8157-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 16, issue 13

Research article

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06 Jul 2016

Research article |

| 06 Jul 2016

Model development of dust emission and heterogeneous chemistry within the Community Multiscale Air Quality modeling system and its application over East Asia

Xinyi Dong, Joshua S. Fu, Kan Huang, Daniel Tong, and Guoshun Zhuang

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Preprint (discussion started on 17 Dec 2015)

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC C12068: 'comments on "Model development of dust emission and heterogeneous chemistry within the Community Multiscale Air Quality modeling system and its application over East Asia" by Dong et al.', Anonymous Referee #1, 28 Jan 2016
- AC C13582: 'Reply to Anonymous Referee #1', Joshua Fu, 29 Apr 2016
RC C12109: 'Comments on "Model development of dust emission and heterogeneous chemistry within the Community Multiscale Air Quality modeling system and it's application over East Asia"', Anonymous Referee #2, 30 Jan 2016
- AC C13584: 'Reply to Anonymous Referee #2', Joshua Fu, 29 Apr 2016
RC C13472: 'Review of Model development of dust emissions and heterogeneous chemistry within the Community Multiscale Air Quality modeling system and its application over East Asia', Anonymous Referee #3, 15 Apr 2016
- AC C13586: 'Reply to Anonymous Referee #1', Joshua Fu, 29 Apr 2016

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by Joshua Fu on behalf of the Authors (30 Apr 2016) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Reconsider after minor revisions (Editor review) (03 May 2016) by Eliza Harris

AR by Joshua Fu on behalf of the Authors (13 May 2016)

ED: Publish as is (30 May 2016) by Eliza Harris

AR by Joshua Fu on behalf of the Authors (10 Jun 2016)

Short summary

The Community Multiscale Air Quality (CMAQ) model has been further developed in terms of simulating natural wind-blown dust in this study, with a series of modifications aimed at improving the model's capability to predict the emission, transport, and chemical reactions of dust aerosols. Evaluation with observations suggested improved model performance by correcting the double counting of soil moisture impact, applying source-dependent speciation profile, and implementing heterogeneous chemitry.