Application of WRF/Chem over   North America  under the AQMEII Phase 2 – Part 2: Evaluation of 2010 application and responses of air quality and meteorology–chemistry interactions to changes in emissions and meteorology from 2006 to 2010

Yahya, K.; Wang, K.; Zhang, Y.; Kleindienst, T. E.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-8-2095-2015

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16 Jul 2015

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| 16 Jul 2015

Application of WRF/Chem over North America under the AQMEII Phase 2 – Part 2: Evaluation of 2010 application and responses of air quality and meteorology–chemistry interactions to changes in emissions and meteorology from 2006 to 2010

K. Yahya, K. Wang, Y. Zhang, and T. E. Kleindienst

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RC C152: 'Comments on Manuscript gmd-2014-265', Anonymous Referee #1, 12 Mar 2015
- AC C763: 'reply to reviewer 1', Yang Zhang, 15 May 2015
RC C171: 'Interactive comment on “Application of WRF/Chem version 3.4.1 over North America under the AQMEII Phase 2“ by K. Yahya et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 17 Mar 2015
- AC C771: 'reply to reviewer 2', Yang Zhang, 15 May 2015
RC C190: 'ReviewReport', Anonymous Referee #3, 19 Mar 2015
- AC C776: 'reply to reviewer 3', Yang Zhang, 15 May 2015

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

AR by Anna Wenzel on behalf of the Authors (18 May 2015) Author's response

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (26 May 2015) by Jason Williams

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (02 Jun 2015)

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (04 Jun 2015)

ED: Publish as is (04 Jun 2015) by Jason Williams

AR by Yang Zhang on behalf of the Authors (19 Jun 2015) Author's response Manuscript

Short summary

The application of WRF/Chem to North America shows that it can reproduce most observations and their variation trends from 2006 to 2010. The inclusion of chemical feedbacks reduces biases in meteorological predictions in 2010 but increases errors in comparison to WRF. The net changes in meteorology from 2006 to 2010 are mostly influenced by changes in meteorology and those of ozone and fine particles are influenced by changes in emissions and chemical BCONs, and to a lesser extent meteorology.