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@ARTICLE{Zyryanov:20586,
author = {Zyryanov, D. and Foret, G. and Eremenko, M. and Beekmann,
M. and Cammas, J.-P. and D'Isidoro, M. and Elbern, H. and
Flemming, J. and Friese, E. and Kioutsioutkis, I. and
Maurizi, A. and Melas, D. and Meleux, F. and Menut, L. and
Moinat, P. and Peuch, V.-H. and Poupkou, A. and Razinger, M.
and Schultz, M. and Stein, O. and Suttie, A.M. and
Valdebenito, A. and Zerefos, C. and Dufour, G. and
Bergametti, G. and Flaud, J.-M.},
title = {3-{D} evaluation of tropospheric ozone simulations by an
ensemble of regional {C}hemistry {T}ransport {M}odel},
journal = {Atmospheric chemistry and physics},
volume = {12},
issn = {1680-7316},
address = {Katlenburg-Lindau},
publisher = {EGU},
reportid = {PreJuSER-20586},
pages = {3219 - 3240},
year = {2012},
note = {The publication of this article is financed by CNRS-INSU.},
abstract = {A detailed 3-D evaluation of an ensemble of five regional
Chemistry Transport Models (RCTM) and one global CTM with
focus on free tropospheric ozone over Europe is presented.
It is performed over a summer period (June to August 2008)
in the context of the GEMS-RAQ project. A data set of about
400 vertical ozone profiles from balloon soundings and
commercial aircraft at 11 different locations is used for
model evaluation, in addition to satellite measurements with
the infrared nadir sounder (IASI) showing largest
sensitivity to free tropospheric ozone. In the middle
troposphere, the four regional models using the same top and
boundary conditions from IFS-MOZART exhibit a systematic
negative bias with respect to observed profiles of about
$-20\%.$ Root Mean Square Error (RMSE) values are constantly
growing with altitude, from $22\%$ to $32\%$ to $53\%,$
respectively for 0-2 km, 2-8 km and 8-10 km height ranges.
Lowest correlation is found in the middle troposphere, with
minimum coefficients (R) between 0.2 to 0.45 near 8 km, as
compared to 0.7 near the surface and similar values around
10 km. A sensitivity test made with the CHIMERE mode also
shows that using hourly instead of monthly chemical boundary
conditions generally improves the model skill (i.e. improve
RMSE and correlation). Lower tropospheric 0-6 km partial
ozone columns derived from IASI show a clear North-South
gradient over Europe, which is qualitatively reproduced by
the models. Also the temporal variability showing decreasing
ozone concentrations in the lower troposphere (0-6 km
columns) during summer is well reproduced by models even if
systematic bias remains (the value of the bias being also
controlled by the type of used boundary conditions). A
multi-day case study of a trough with low tropopause was
conducted and showed that both IASI and models were able to
resolve strong horizontal gradients of middle and upper
tropospheric ozone occurring in the vicinity of an upper
tropospheric frontal zone.},
keywords = {J (WoSType)},
cin = {IEK-8},
ddc = {550},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)IEK-8-20101013},
pnm = {Atmosphäre und Klima},
pid = {G:(DE-Juel1)FUEK491},
shelfmark = {Meteorology $\&$ Atmospheric Sciences},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
UT = {WOS:000302806700006},
doi = {10.5194/acp-12-3219-2012},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/20586},
}