Evaluation of near surface ozone in air quality simulations forced by a regional climate model over Europe for the period 1991-2000

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作者
Zanis, P. [1 ]
Katragkou, E. [1 ,2 ]
Tegoulias, I. [1 ]
Poupkou, A. [2 ]
Melas, D. [2 ]
Huszar, P. [3 ]
Giorgi, F. [4 ]
机构
[1] Aristotle Univ Thessaloniki, Sch Geol, Dept Meteorol & Climatol, Thessaloniki 54124, Greece
[2] Aristotle Univ Thessaloniki, Dept Phys, Lab Atmospher Phys, Thessaloniki 54124, Greece
[3] Charles Univ Prague, Dept Meteorol & Environm Protect, Prague, Czech Republic
[4] Abdus Salam Int Ctr Theoret Phys ICTP, Earth Syst Phys Sect, Trieste, Italy
关键词
Tropospheric ozone; Regional climate modelling; Air quality modelling; Evaluation; Europe; WESTERN-EUROPE; CHEMISTRY; IMPACT; VARIABILITY; SUMMER; PRECIPITATION; SENSITIVITY; PERFORMANCE; DEPOSITION; FORECAST;
D O I
10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.09.001
中图分类号
X [环境科学、安全科学];
学科分类号
08 ; 0830 ;
摘要
This study aims to evaluate near surface ozone simulated with the modelling system RegCM3/CAMx against ozone measurements from the EMEP database for the recent decade 1991-2000. The RegCM3/CAMx simulations were performed on a 50 km x 50 km grid over Europe driven either by ERA-40 reanalysis (hereafter referred as ERA simulation) or the global circulation model (GCM) ECHAM5 (hereafter referred as ECHAM simulation). A set of statistical metrics is used for the model evaluation, including temporal correlation coefficient, the ratio of the standard deviations and the bias of simulated versus observed values. Overall, a good agreement is found for both ERA and ECHAM simulations at the majority of the selected EMEP stations in all metrics throughout the year based either on monthly or daily ozone values. Based on these results, it is assessed that the modelling system RegCM3/CAMx is suitable to be used for present and future regional climate-air quality simulations with emphasis on near surface ozone. The ERA simulations reproduce more accurately the observed ozone values in comparison to ECHAM simulations because the meteorology of the ERA experiment is closer to real atmospheric conditions than the GCM based experiment. On a seasonal basis, both ERA and ECHAM simulations exhibit a seasonally dependent bias, with winter and spring ozone values being generally underestimated by the model and summer and autumn values being slightly overestimated. This seasonally dependent bias is also evident from median and peak midday ozone values. However, the highest observed midday ozone peaks in summer, with values higher than 80 ppbv, could not be captured either by ERA or ECHAM simulations. An analysis of day-time and night-time ERA and ECHAM modelled ozone values shows that CAMx performs better during the day-time. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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页码:6489 / 6500
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