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Determination of the optimum MM5 configuration for long term CMAQ simulations of aerosol bound pollutants in Europe

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Realistic meteorological fields are a prerequisite for the determination of pollutant concentrations and depositions by means of a chemistry transport model. Different configurations of the 5th generation NCAR/Penn State University mesoscale meteorological model MM5 were tested to determine the optimum set up for long term hindcasts that cover several months up to years. Four dimensional data assimilation (FDDA) significantly enhances the spatio temporal representation of temperature, humidity and wind. Best agreement with radiosonde observations could be achieved when temperature, humidity and wind were grid nudged every 6 h. The quality of the resulting meteorological fields showed no significant systematic temporal or spatial variation over Europe in a model run of the year 2000. It was found that the hydrological cycle was not correctly reproduced by the model when no nudging was applied. The relevant model run showed too high relative humidity and too high rainfall when compared to observations. This led to considerably lower aerosol concentrations close to ground and a shift in the deposition patterns of particle bound pollutants like the carcinogenic benzo(a)pyrene (B(a)P).

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    Volker Matthias, Markus Quante & Armin Aulinger

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Matthias, V., Quante, M. & Aulinger, A. Determination of the optimum MM5 configuration for long term CMAQ simulations of aerosol bound pollutants in Europe. Environ Fluid Mech 9, 91–108 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10652-008-9103-6

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