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ECMWF-Copernicus Atmospheric Monitoring Service (CAMS) interim reanalysis (CAMSiRA) provides global atmospheric composition fields at a horizontal resolution of ~80 km and 60 hybrid sigma-pressure levels from the surface up to 0.1 hPa which can be further used to serve as boundary conditions for regional air quality models over Europe and world-wide. Here we present an evaluation of near surface ozone reanalysis for the period 2003–2013 based on measurements at rural locations from the European Monitoring and Evaluation Program (EMEP) and the European Air Quality Database (AirBase). The CAMS interim reanalysis is also compared to a control run in order to assess the impact of assimilation on near surface ozone. The evaluation results are discussed in terms of the physical processes (transport and deposition) and the chemical processes (photochemical production and destruction) that control near surface ozone variability.
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The work is supported by ECMWF Framework Agreement 2015/CAMS-84 (FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT FOR COPERNICUS SERVICES).
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Zanis, P. et al. (2017). An Assessment of Near Surface Ozone Over Europe from the Global CAMS Interim Reanalysis. In: Karacostas, T., Bais, A., Nastos, P. (eds) Perspectives on Atmospheric Sciences. Springer Atmospheric Sciences. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-35095-0_138
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