Evaluation of NU-WRF model performance on air quality  simulation under various model resolutions – an  investigation within the framework of MICS-Asia Phase III

Tao, Zhining; Chin, Mian; Gao, Meng; Kucsera, Tom; Kim, Dongchul; Bian, Huisheng; Kurokawa, Jun-ichi; Wang, Yuesi; Liu, Zirui; Carmichael, Gregory R.; Wang, Zifa; Akimoto, Hajime

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-2319-2020

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27 Feb 2020

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| 27 Feb 2020

Evaluation of NU-WRF model performance on air quality simulation under various model resolutions – an investigation within the framework of MICS-Asia Phase III

Zhining Tao, Mian Chin, Meng Gao, Tom Kucsera, Dongchul Kim, Huisheng Bian, Jun-ichi Kurokawa, Yuesi Wang, Zirui Liu, Gregory R. Carmichael, Zifa Wang, and Hajime Akimoto

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RC1: 'Review report on ACP-2019-732', Anonymous Referee #1, 15 Oct 2019
- AC2: 'Response to RC1', Zhining Tao, 11 Dec 2019
RC2: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #2, 09 Nov 2019
- AC1: 'Response to RC2', Zhining Tao, 11 Dec 2019
AC3: 'Authors' Comments', Zhining Tao, 11 Dec 2019

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

AR by Natascha Töpfer on behalf of the Authors (08 Jan 2020) Author's response

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (09 Jan 2020) by Hailong Wang

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (28 Jan 2020)

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (29 Jan 2020) by Hailong Wang

AR by Zhining Tao on behalf of the Authors (30 Jan 2020) Author's response Manuscript

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One goal of the Model Inter-Comparison Study for Asia (MICS-Asia) Phase III is to identify strengths and weaknesses of current air quality models to provide insights into reducing uncertainties. This study identified that a 15 km grid would be the optimal horizontal resolution in terms of performance and resource usage to capture average and extreme air quality over East Asia and is thus suggested for use in future MICS-Asia modeling activities if the investigation domain remains the same.